"Independence is a heady draught, and if you drink it in your youth, it can have the same effect on the brain as young wine does." - John Maynard Keynes
"Freedom is not the power to do what you want, but to do what you ought." - John Adams
"Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying no to any authority - literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social, and even political." - Ignazio Silone
"To be free is not to have the power to do anything you want; it is to have the power to do what is right." - Ravi Zacharias
"Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed." - Martin Luther King Jr.
"Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of government. The history of liberty is a history of resistance." - Woodrow Wilson
"Independence is not a state; it is an attitude of the mind. Those who are proud of being independent can never be slaves." - Mahatma Gandhi
"Liberty is the right to choose. Freedom is the result of the right choice." - Jules Renard
"It is easy to take liberty for granted when you have never had it taken from you." - M. Grundler