#dependence

The amount of U.S. debt held by countries such as China and Japan is at a historic high, with foreign investors holding half of America's publicly held debt. This dependence raises the specter that other nations will be able to influence our policies in ways antithetical to American interests. ↗

— Evan Bayh

#america #american #american interests #amount #antithetical

It is the union of independence and dependence of these branches - legislative, executive and judicial - and of the governmental functions possessed by each of them, that constitutes the marvellous genius of this unrivalled document. ↗

— J. Reuben Clark

#constitutes #dependence #document #each #executive

Until women learn to want economic independence, and until they work out a way to get this independence without denying themselves the joys of love and motherhood, it seems to me feminism has no roots. ↗

— Crystal Eastman

#denying #economic #economic independence #feminism #get

The Vietnamese people deeply love independence, freedom and peace. But in the face of United States aggression they have risen up, united as one man. ↗

— Ho Chi Minh

#deeply #face #freedom #independence #love

We have seen what the dependence and addiction to foreign oil has done to us economically. ↗

— Ron Kind

#dependence #done #economically #foreign #foreign oil

By reducing our dependence of foreign oil and increasing alternative energy sources such as ethanol, we can begin to bring down prices at the pumps, create thousands of new jobs and bring a much needed boost to our economy. ↗

— Jim Ryun

#begin #boost #bring #create #dependence

The attitude of independence toward a constructed language which all national speakers must adopt is really a great advantage, because it tends to make man see himself as the master of language instead of its obedient servant. ↗

— Edward Sapir

#advantage #attitude #because #constructed #great

True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#anxious #dependence #enjoy #future #present

Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#blasphemy #class #dependent #earth #every

Every single instance of a friend's insincerity increases our dependence on the efficacy of money. ↗

— William Shenstone

#efficacy #every #friend #increases #insincerity