Abraham Lincoln Quotes, Independence Quotes, Slavery Quotes

In those days, our Declaration of Independence was held sacred by all, and thought to include all; but now, to aid in the making the bondage of the negro universal and eternal, it is assailed, and sneered at, and construed, and hawked at, and torn, till, if its framers could rise from their graves, they could not at all recognize it.

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If there is anything in the world that can really be called a man's property, it is surely that which is the result of his mental activity.

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The health of society thus depends quite as much on the independence of the individuals composing it as on their close political cohesion.

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When we are caught up in a destructive emotion, we lose one of our greatest assets: our independence.

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July 4th is Independence Day in the U.S., and it is celebrated in a truly American way by blowing things up and taking a day off from work.

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He only is rich who owns the day.

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[Robinson Crusoe] is the true prototype of the British colonist. The whole Anglo-Saxon spirit is in Crusoe: the manly independence, the unconscious cruelty, the persistence, the slow yet efficient intelligence, the sexual apathy, the calculating taciturnity.

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How can one be compelled to accept slavery? I simply refuse to do the master's bidding. He may torture me, break my bones to atoms and even kill me. He will then have my dead body, not my obedience. Ultimately, therefore, it is I who am the victor and not he, for he has failed in getting me to do what he wanted done.

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Civil disobedience can never be in general terms, such as for independence.

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I want for India complete independence in the full English sense of that English term.

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I promise to question everything my leaders tell me. I promise to use my critical faculties. I promise to develop my independence of thought. I promise to educate myself so I can make my own judgments.

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America is the only nation in the world that is founded on creed. That creed is set forth with dogmatic and even theological lucidity in the Declaration of Independence; perhaps the only piece of practical politics that is also theoretical politics and also great literature.

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Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , America Quotes , Independence Quotes

Some feel that you lose your independence if you don't let your mind just wander where it wants to, if you try to control it. But that is not the case. If your mind is proceeding in the correct way, one already has the correct opinion. But if your mind is proceeding in an incorrect way, then it's necessary, definitely, to exercise control.

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Cycling also offers a sense of independence, of being able to get up and go wherever and whenever you want. That's invaluable.

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Mass civil disobedience was for the attainment of independence.

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The stronger becomes master of the weaker, in so far as the latter cannot assert its degree of independence here there is no mercy, no forbearance, even less a respect for "laws.

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Dependence is misery. Independence is happiness.

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I'll never Be such a gosling to obey instinct, but stand As is a man were author of himself And knew no other kin.

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Nonviolence is the means, the end for everyone is complete independence.

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The states can make the finest contribution to the building of India's future independence if they set the right example in their own territories.

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