In 1995, Russia virtually gave Chechnya de facto statehood and independence even though, de jure, it didn't recognize Chechnya as an independent state. And I would like to emphasize strongly that Russia withdrew all of its troops, we moved the prosecutors, we moved all the police, dismantled all the courts, completely, 100 percent.
Thousands of years ago, civilizations flourished in Africa which suffer not at all by comparison with those of other continents. In those centuries, Africans were politically free and economically independent. Their social patterns were their own and their cultures truly indigenous.
The fact is that co-operation between independent countries - to our mutual advantage - is the way of the modern world.
Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
I like independent movies, documentaries. There's not a lot of movies that are commercially made that I dig.
If Yugoslavia is to exist, it can exist only as an alliance, a confederation of independent states.
I'm interested in the kind of anti-establishment ethos that goes with making an independent movie. I like to bring that to studio films - usually to the consternation of the studios.
I believe that an independent judiciary is the crown jewel of our constitutional republic.
I believe that an independent and impartial judiciary is essential to our constitutional republic.
War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.
I signal with an independent label, Continuum. After that I put out a totally independent record, sold fourteen thousand of them from my basement, bought a house, started raising my kid, made a decent living.
Lawsuits should not be used to destroy a viable and independent distribution system. The solution lies in the marketplace and not the courtroom.
Because policymakers often rely on think tanks' research when crafting laws and regulations, it's critical to know whether these organizations are truly independent.
Cuba ought to be free and independent, and the government should be turned over to the Cuban people.
Charles Darwin got his theory, his notion of natural selection, evolution, and so did its independent discoverer, Alfred Wallace, from reading Malthus.
I'll work with anyone - and I really do mean that - Democrat, Republican, independent, Libertarian, contrarian, vegetarian.
There is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause.
If Scotland was independent, we'd be the 14th richest country in the developed world.
When I got to WWE developmental, that pedigree did not help you at all. It was against you. You were an enemy of the state when you walked in, when you had an independent background.
I think independent filmmakers, documentary filmmakers - they are journalists.