Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.
Thomas JeffersonThomas Jefferson If the fundamental principles in the Declaration of Independence, as self-evident truths, are real truths, the existence of slavery, in any form, is a wrong.
John Quincy AdamsJohn Quincy Adams A strong body makes the mind strong, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise, and independence to the mind.
Alexander HamiltonAlexander Hamilton This nation has never lived without independence. We cannot and shall not live without it. Either independence or death.
Mustafa Kemal AtaturkMustafa Kemal Ataturk Dependence is misery. Independence is happiness.
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda Independence? That’s middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw For nothing is more unbearable, once one has it, than freedom.
James BaldwinJames Baldwin The combination of realizing our distinctiveness along with our unity is seeing interdependence.
Sharon SalzbergSharon Salzberg You cannot build character and courage by taking away people’s initiative and independence
Abraham LincolnAbraham Lincoln It is very nearly impossible to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.
James BaldwinJames Baldwin Thoughts on a tapestry. Colour or black and white. A brush, a pen, A flash of light. Ideas flowing soon, about to take flight.
Gerard GleesonGerard Gleeson Like deep water, she was silent. His lips tasted of salt. He was both addicting and bitter all at once.
MoomerMoomer Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov And I would lie on your chest for hours and dream about the world in your arms but your thoughts were in another world.
Ani ShahverdyanAni Shahverdyan Your smile and your laughter lit my whole world.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki Often all we can do is breathe, even that can be hard sometimes.
Julia Kellogg HenryJulia Kellogg Henry
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