In 1949, China declared independence - an event known in Western discourse as 'the loss of China' in the U.S. - with bitter recriminations and conflict over who was responsible for that loss.
I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.
Every Fourth of July, our Declaration of Independence is produced, with a sublime indignation, to set forth the tyranny of the mother country and to challenge the admiration of the world. But what a pitiful detail of grievances does this document present in comparison with the wrongs which our slaves endure!
Except for the Bible, the two greatest documents ever written are the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.
Our pandering politicians compete to add names to the dependency of entitlement rolls instead of evaluating the success of these programs by how many people leave the dole and are restored to an independence. And these bulging entitlements are saddling our offspring with unsustainable generational debt.
Western environmentalists might value their independence, but their organizations are largely donor driven, and if he wanted to, Putin could have a lot to donate.
The Platform for Action gives due emphasis to the fact that women globally have continued to have insufficient access to the resources necessary to achieve economic independence.
I'm for economic independence.
Women are living independently, but we don't yet have the social and economic policies behind us to support that independence.
Fundamentally, the solution to economic insecurity is economic prosperity - an achievable goal. But for anyone who has grown up without financial security, there's a shadow that lies over even those who move towards independence: lack of financial literacy.
I'm completely ecstatic when a woman has own back story and brings something to the table and has a real strong kind of independence.
It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.
The new electronic independence re-creates the world in the image of a global village.
Whatever we do toward energy independence has to be done in the context of using less resources.
Energy independence is very important to me.
The one thing that the President can do is to establish a real energy independence plan. We have all the recources we need right here in this country to establish energy independence if we had the leadership.
Energy independence and energy security are really two different things.
Ethanol is a premier, high performance fuel. It has tremendous environmental benefits and is a key component to energy independence for our country.
Energy conservation is the foundation of energy independence.
The fact that the price of gasoline has declined some in recent weeks must not allow Americans to be lulled into a false sense of security. Energy independence must rank along with border security as the top priorities of the United States.
