Definition of Independence

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Independence

The state or quality of being independent; freedom from dependence; exemption from reliance on, or control by, others; self-subsistence or maintenance; direction of one's own affairs without interference.

Sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood.

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Independence Quotations

You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence.
Abraham Lincoln

Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end.
Walt Disney

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.
Henry Ford

There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.
Will Rogers

The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory of it.
John Adams

The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves.
Walt Whitman

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Injustice in the end produces independence.
Voltaire

In England the judges should have independence to protect the people against the crown. Here the judges should not be independent of the people, but be appointed for not more than seven years. The people would always re-elect the good judges.
Andrew Jackson

The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish.
Pope John Paul II

Independence Translations

independence in Norwegian is uavhengighet
independence in Spanish is independencia

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