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Independence Quotes - Page 15

Fallen man is both terrified of vulnerability and committed to maintaining independence.

Kay Warren (2012). “Choose Joy: Because Happiness Isn't Enough”, p.80, Baker Books

A spirit, breathing the language of independence, is natural to Englishmen, few of whom are disposed to brook compulsion, or submit to the dictates of others, when not softened by reason, or tempered with kindness.

Joseph Lancaster (1807). “Improvements in Education, as it Respects the Industrious Classes of the Community: Containing Among Other Important Particulars, an Account of the Institution for the Education of One Thousand Poor Children, Borough Road, Southwark; and of the New System of Education on which it is Conducted”, p.148

I am engaged to Concord and my own private pursuits by 10,000 ties, and it would be suicide to rend them.

Henry David Thoreau (2014). “Familiar Letters (Annotated Edition)”, p.221, Jazzybee Verlag

Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined by too confident a security.

Edmund Burke (2005). “Burke, Select Works”, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacy and independence

Deborah Tannen (2013). “You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation”, p.27, Harper Collins

Throughout the day no time for memorandums now. Go ahead! Liberty and independence forever.

Davy Crockett (1834). “A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett ...”