#independence

The man who does not do his own thinking is a slave, and is a traitor to himself and to his fellow-men. ↗

— Robert G. Ingersoll

#liberty #men

If I grew up in the simple-minded belief that women were as strong and intelligent as men, it was because I came from a society that had once believed it. ↗

— Shirley Abbott

#scotch-irish #strength #intelligence

Mr. Speaker, high natural gas prices and the summer spike in gasoline prices serve as a stark reminder that the path to energy independence is a long and arduous one. ↗

— Judy Biggert

#energy #energy independence #gas #gas prices #gasoline

The speed of movement towards independence will depend on Kosovo demonstrating that it is capable of treating minorities well. We have not always seen that. ↗

— Emma Bonino

#capable #demonstrating #depend #independence #kosovo

Women today are dealing with both their independence and also the fact that their lives are built around finding and satisfying the romantic models we grew up with. ↗

— Jane Campion

#around #both #built #dealing #fact

Swaziland is a small part of south-east Africa, the last country in the continent to gain its independence. ↗

— Richard Grant

#continent #country #gain #independence #last

Let me reassure that the Kingdom of Cambodia a country with independence, neutrality, peace, freedom, democracy and human rights as you all have seen, shall be existing with no end. ↗

— Hun Sen

#country #democracy #end #existing #freedom

We cannot forget that our flag received its first foreign salute from a Dutch officer, nor that the Province of Friesland gave to our independence its first formal recognition. ↗

— Seth Low

#dutch #first #flag #foreign #forget

Africans require, want, the franchise on the basis of one man one vote. They want political independence. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#franchise #independence #man #political #political independence

Independence is not a whim or an ambition. It is the necessary condition of our survival as an ethnic group. ↗

— Aslan Maskhadov

#condition #ethnic #group #independence #necessary