"Every step we take towards making the State our Caretaker of our lives, by that much we move toward making the State our Master."
Eisenhower
Independence Quotes – Reflections on Autonomy
Collection of independence quotes highlighting the value of freedom and self-reliance across different areas of life.
Independence is a fundamental concept in various cultures and philosophical traditions. These quotes provide thoughtful perspectives on the importance of personal freedom, autonomy, and self-determination. They explore the relationship between individual responsibility and connection to the environment. Whether in private life or societal contexts, independence remains a significant aspect of the human experience and growth.
"Every step we take towards making the State our Caretaker of our lives, by that much we move toward making the State our Master."
Eisenhower
"The greatest prison people live in is the fear of what other people think."
David Icke
"Many who are self-taught far excel the doctors, masters, and bachelors of the most renowned universities."
Ludwig von Mises
"I'm not going to let other people set my limitations."
Kevin Sorbo
"Liberty is meaningless if it is only the liberty to agree with those in power."
Ludwig von Mises
"The government is best which makes itself unnecessary."
Wilhelm von Humboldt
"Of all the frictional resistances, the one that most retards human movement is ignorance."
Nikola Tesla
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."
Albert Camus
"Become who you are. Make what only you can make."
Friedrich Nietzsche
"Novak refused the vaccine, ready to abandon his career, a decision no other elite athlete would do.
The world condemned him, criticized him relentlessly, even belittled him for standing firm. Yet he never wavered, standing firm in his conviction with a determination that still resonates.
Now we are talking about those vaccines and they say that some of them caused problems. We were locked up like sheep for three years and we were manipulated.
It was during the pandemic when he refused to get vaccinated. He said publicly several times that it was a decision he was making for his body, that he knew his body best and that he didn’t want to do that. And he was ready to end his career for this reason. He went all the way just to not get vaccinated.
He never told anyone not to get vaccinated, he never told us not to get vaccinated. We all got vaccinated. He never did that in his life. He organized a tournament in Belgrade, he facilitated the vaccination of other players, but he did not get vaccinated and, for this reason, he was criticized."
Goran Ivanišević
"Because I didn't need it. Why should I get the vaccine? I'm healthy, I'm an athlete. I had corona. I had immunity. I wasn't a threat to anyone. There was no reason for me to get vaccinated. It's my freedom to choose, that fundamental right that you have as a human being on this planet — the freedom to choose — which was taken from a lot of people."
Novak Djokovic
"I do not wish to be either governor nor governed!"
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
"Freedom is never given; it is always won."
Heinrich Böll
"You either learn your way towards writing your own script in life, or you unwittingly become an actor in someone else's script."
John Taylor Gatto
"There is nothing more satisfying than feeling the wind and moving a boat across the water under your own power."
Unbekannt
"I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do."
Robert A. Heinlein
"The fear of freedom is the fear of assuming responsibility."
Joost A.M. Meerloo
"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."
Steve Jobs
