#dependence

We must have constantly present in our minds the difference between independence and liberty. Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permit, and if a citizen could do what they forbid he would no longer be possessed of liberty. ↗

— Charles Louis de Secondat Montesquieu

#citizen #constantly #could #difference #doing

Manifold subsequent experience has led to a truer appreciation and a more moderate estimate of the importance of the dependence of one living being upon another. ↗

— Richard Owen

#appreciation #being #dependence #estimate #experience

And if you are a parent, introduce your children to their neighborhood library. It will give them a real sense of independence to have their own library card and enjoy borrowing books. ↗

— Sarah Jessica Parker

#borrowing #card #children #enjoy #give

The great medley of Oregon and California emigrants, at their camps around Independence, had heard reports that several additional parties were on the point of setting out from St. Joseph's farther to the northward. ↗

— Francis Parkman

#around #california #camps #emigrants #farther

My mother gave me a sense of independence, a sense of total confidence that we could do whatever it was we set out to do. That's how we were raised. ↗

— Robin Wright Penn

#could #gave #how #independence #me

My government has promised to comprehensively respect the independence of the judiciary. ↗

— Victor Ponta

#independence #judiciary #promised #respect

Women's roles are diminished for obvious reasons. It's the men whose names are on the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and who were generals and soldiers. ↗

— Cokie Roberts

#declaration #diminished #generals #independence #men

Above all, film is a business... Independence is a really cool thing as you can be a bit more bold, and take a few more chances with what you do. ↗

— Mel Gibson

#bit #bold #business #chances #cool

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

And I ask myself what it is about me that makes this wonderful, beautiful woman return. Is it because I'm pathetic, helpless in my current state, completely dependent on her? Or is it my sense of humour, my willingness to tease her, to joke my way into painful, secret places? Do I help her understand herself? Do I make her happy? Do I do something for her that her husband and son can't do? Has she fallen in love with me? As the days pass and I continue to heal, my body knitting itself back together, I begin to allow myself to think that she has. ↗

— Mohsin Hamid

#dependence #happiness #helplessness #love #pathetic