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Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence.


David Ben-Gurion

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Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence
DAVID BEN-GURION Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
AMBROSE BIERCE Mad, adj.: Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
AMBROSE BIERCE Mad, adj: Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
AMBROSE BIERCE There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.
WILL ROGERS There's no alternative to Catalan independence.
CARLES PUIGDEMONT Independence now: and Independence forever.
DANIEL WEBSTER Degrees of ability vary, but the basic principle remains the same: the degree of a man's independenc...
AYN RAND Until women learn to want economic independence, and until they work out a way to get this independe...
CRYSTAL EASTMAN There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living withi...
CALVIN COOLIDGE There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living withi...
CALVIN COOLIDGE [Pretending is indeed the Washington game. Pretend independence, for instance. Recall House Speaker ...
WILL ROGERS You know what I know, Mally. Now you must decide what to believe.
M.L. LEGETTE In the end, Arik believes in security above all and is a salient pragmatist, a disciple of Ben-Gurio...
REUVEN RIVLIN The price for independence is often isolation and solitude.
STEVE SCHMIDT The price for independence is often isolation and solitude.
STEVE SCHMIDT There is no dignity
quite so impressive,
and no independence
quite so important,
CALVIN COOLIDGE Throughout the day no time for memorandums now. Go ahead! Liberty and independence forever.
DAVY CROCKETT We've had leaders who spoke of national affirmation instead of independence, who said they were wait...
MARC JOHNSON If there is one thing I fear less than everything else, it is, I believe, persecution for my opinion...
PIERRE TEILHARD DE CHARDIN But there are other words for privacy and independence. They are isolation and loneliness.
MEGAN WHALEN TURNER Independence is happiness.
SUSAN B. ANTHONY Solitude is independence.
HERMANN HESSE David Ben-Gurion was a mythic figure, the founding father of Israel and a modern-day prophet, but he...
SHIMON PERES I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion...
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE When people have compassion, friendship, and unity, they speak and think in a constructive way to en...
BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ He saw in happiness the seeds of independence, and in independence the seeds of revolt.
MERVYN PEAKE David Ben-Gurion understood that the public's trust is given to a leader in order to lead, deter...
ARIEL SHARON Russia also declared its independence. This was approved by the Supreme Soviet, and you know and rem...
BORIS YELTSIN I'm for economic independence.
CHARLES EVERS It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, independence n...
DANIEL WEBSTER No one needs Independence. We all just need tea and air conditioners.
MICHELLE FRANKLIN Without consistency there is no moral strength.
OWEN Independence is essential for permanent but fatal to immediate success.
SAMUEL BUTLER Terrorism is a big danger to Pakistan's independence. We will fight this danger for the sake of ...
SHAUKAT AZIZ There is a danger to judicial independence when people have no understanding of how the judiciary fi...
DAVID SOUTER Independence that has declared its ‘independence’ from the sure and certain compass of sound mor...
CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH Nothing is more precious than independence and liberty.
HO CHI MINH He who calls a person a fascist for opposing independence is not only wrong but putting themselves o...
CARLES PUIGDEMONT Independence is a very subjective assessment.
P. CHIDAMBARAM The American Dream is independence and being able to create that dream for yourself.
MARSHA BLACKBURN Interdependency follows independence.
STEPHEN R. COVEY Interdependency follows independence.
STEPHEN COVEY Independence or death!
DOM PEDRO I Pop, pop, pop! Bom, bom, bom!/ Throughout the day/ no time for memorandums now./ Go ahead! Liberty a...
DAVY CROCKETT I will for ever, at all hazards, assert the dignity, independence, and integrity of the English bar;...
THOMAS ERSKINE Energy independence is very important to me.
TOMI LAHREN For Iran, nuclear technology is a source of national pride and a demonstration of its political and ...
DARYL KIMBALL There is no surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold re...
PHILIP JAMES BAILEY There is no surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold re...
PHILIP JAMES BAILEY Freedom and independence form my character.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK There is often as much independence in not being led as in not being driven
TRYON EDWARDS I was born with a fierce need for independence.
MICHELLE WILLIAMS Dancing, at its best, is independence and intimacy in balance.
DONNA GODDARD The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members...
HARRY S TRUMAN The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members
HARRY S TRUMAN Energy conservation is the foundation of energy independence.
TOM ALLEN The independence of Kosovo is the best solution,
IBRAHIM RUGOVA Obedience is an obstacle towards a country's Independence...
ADEET AHMED Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.
AYN RAND The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully
EPICURUS for those who would joyously march in rank and file, they have already earned my contempt, for they ...
ALBERT EINSTEIN . . . but while I breathe Heaven's air, and Heaven looks down on me, And smiles at my best mea...
LORD ALFRED TENNYSON The whole trouble is that we won't let God help us.
GEORGE MACDONALD Joel, I'm not a concept. I want you to just keep that in your head. Too many guys think I'm a concep...
KATE WINSLET The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of inde...
DENIS WAITLEY Thy spirit, Independence, let me share! Lord of the lion-heart and eagle-eye, Thy steps I foll...
TOBIAS GEORGE SMOLLETT I'll never Be such a gosling to obey instinct, but stand As is a man were author of himself ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political b...
THOMAS JEFFERSON He is the Cat that walks by himself, and all places are alike to him.
RUDYARD KIPLING He who binds himself to a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies ...
WILLIAM BLAKE Injustice in the end produces independence. [Fr., L'injustice a la fin produit l'independance.]
VOLTAIRE (FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET VOLTAIRE) If you can look into the seeds of time And say which grain will grow and which will not, Speak...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Voyager upon life's sea:-- To yourself be true, And whate'er you lot may be, Paddle your...
DR. EDWARD P. PHILPOTS All we ask is to be let alone.
JEFFERSON DAVIS It's easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thin...
MAHALIA JACKSON Hail! Independence, hail! Heaven's next best gift, To that of life and an immortal soul!
JAMES THOMSON (1) I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.
MADONNA It's a great feeling to have witnessed 50 years of Indian independence,
MOTHER TERESA Taiwan's independence forces declared some propositions, they are all dangerous signals.
LIU JIANCHAO I never thrust my nose into other men's porridge. It is no bread and butter of mine: Every man fo...
CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA) I am self-reliant, I am accountable, I am determined, I am strong, I am...the scarce minority.
THORIN Framed in the first three decades after independence, these laws were inspired by completely differe...
ANIL KUMAR The NYSE board has taken steps to further strengthen the independence of the governance structure of...
SCOTT PETERSON I started by putting a Braille setting on my mixer. It is very important to have independence becaus...
BETTY BRUCE To be truly independent is to be able to think developmental thoughts independently & without coerci...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Everything is on the table, including the continued independence for these three carriers, but in my...
KEVIN MURPHY I admire her lifestyle, her independence.
DJ GARRITY We certainly are at a place now where we enjoy our independence, but we also enjoy working for Sony....
BRIAN FLEMING This means that if 54.5 percent of voters in Montenegro want independence, then we remain in union w...
MILO DJUKANOVIC Man cannot survive except through his mind. He comes on earth unarmed. His brain is his only weapon....
AYN RAND The Independence count appears that Charles Flynn may be slightly ahead of Mr. Brown,
DENNIS WARD They learn a little more about independence. They have to shower on their own and brush their teeth ...
ELIZABETH PTAK I didn't want her to go. But I guess she wanted some independence.
ELIZABETH MCDONALD she didn't need anyone. At Wheeler, even when she stood out with her pink hair and quilter army-surp...
JODI PICOULT We are delighted that Bob has joined American Independence. He has done an excellent job of managing...
ERIC RUBIN I think he does sort of have this patina of independence. But I don't think he is all that independe...
GORDON FISCHER His strengths, I think, begin with his independence. He's independent of everything and of everybody...
EVAN SMITH Having a long-term care policy helps the person maintain their independence and it allows them to st...
HOLLY HANSON I think what we're doing is going back to the way things were before Independence Air.
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