Personal Independence Quotes

• The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake, an almost fanatical love of justice and the desire for personal independence -- these are the features of the Jewish tradition which make me thank my stars that I belong to it.

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  Albert Einstein

  Stars   Jewish Tradition   Justice  

  Albert Einstein (2007). “The World As I See It”, p.90, Book Tree

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• Culture implies all which gives the mind possession of its own powers, as languages to the critic, telescope to the astronomer. Culture alters the political status of an individual. It raises a rival royalty in a monarchy. 'Tis king against king. It is ever a romance of history in all dynasties--the co-presence of the revolutionary force in intellect. It creates a personal independence which the monarch cannot look down, and to which he must often succumb.

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  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Kings   Giving   Romance  

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• It is easy to understand why the law is used by the legislator to destroy in varying degrees among the rest of the people, their personal independence by slavery, their liberty by oppression, and their property by plunder. This is done for the benefit of the person who makes the law, and in proportion to the power that he holds.

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  Frederic Bastiat

  Law   People   Independence  

  "The Law". Book by Frederic Bastiat, 1850.

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• Camping has become one of my most beloved pastimes. I take a fierce delight in swinging a pak o my back or into a canoe and heading for the hills or lakes. In my opinion, camping can be the greatest expression of free will, personal independence, innate ability, and resourcefulness possible today in our industrialized, urbanized existence. Regardless of how miserable or how splendid the circumstances, the sheer experience of camping seems a total justification for doing it.

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  Anne LaBastille

  Lakes   Expression   Independence  

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• Liberty and personal independence in America are still a concept some here have never known.

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  John Longenecker

  America   Independence   Liberty  

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• People seem to think that life began with the achievement of personal independence.

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  Katharine Anthony

  Thinking   People   Achievement  

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