"I've never joined any political party and have no plans to do so. I'm fully independent."
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"I've long believed that one of the mainsprings of our own liberty has been the widespread ownership of property among our people and the expectation that anyone's child, even from the humblest of families, could grow up to own a business or a corporation. Thomas Jefferson dreamed of a land of small farmers, of shopowners, and merchants. Abraham Lincoln signed into law the Homestead Act that ensured that the great western prairies of America would be the realm of independent, propertyowning citizens-a mightier guarantee of freedom is difficult to imagine."
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"Today it is difficult to find leaders who are independent of the forces that have brought us our problems: The Congress, the bureaucracy, the lobbyists, big business, and big labor."
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"As two proud and independent peoples, there is much that distinguishes us one from the other, but there is also much that we share: a vast continent, with its common hardships and uncommon duties; generations of mutual respect and support, and an abiding friendship that grows ever stronger."
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"The ego of man and woman is the soul. If the soul is independent, how then can it be isolated from the infinite whole?"
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"The key to winning any general election in the USA is to excite your base and then expand your base - get independent voters and voters who haven't been voting for your party to come to your party."
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"I think once you have films in certain festivals you begin to have name recognition, and there are possibilities. Especially for independent filmmakers, it's always good to try the international market because it doesn't have the same kind of baggage."
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"Performance of one's duties should be independent of public opinion."
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"Non-co-operation enables us to show that in everything that matters we can be independent of the Government."
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"An awakened people who rely upon their nonviolent strength are independent in the face of any conceivable combination of the armed powers."
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"There is no occasion for women to consider themselves subordinate or inferior to man"
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"Only an arrogant man will claim to be independent of everybody else and be self-contained."
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"My idea of village SWARAJ is that is a complete republic, independent of its neighbors for its own vital wants, and yet interdependent for many others which dependence is a necessity."
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"Prayer needs no speech. It is in itself independent of any sensuous effort. But it must be combined with the utmost humility."
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"When independent films break through and actually make it into any level of mainstream-ness or get seen by people or find a life actually in theaters, it's extraordinary. And it doesn't happen that often."
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"I watch many, many, many independent films every year that you see once in a film festival and they're never heard of ever again. Many of them are very, very good."
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"As far as acting in films, there is not much out there that is very interesting to do. The ones that are interesting to me are independent films and they have trouble raising money. With people putting their money into blockbusters, there is not much left for the independents."
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"I just felt like I had to create a life for myself where I was more independent."
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"Adam Clayton Powell's entire political career has to be looked at in the entire context of the American history and the history of, and the position of the Afro- American or negro in American history. [He] has done a remarkable job in fighting for rights of black people in this country. On the other hand, he probably hasn't done as much as he could or as much as he should because he is the most independent negro politician in this country."
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"If you have an all-white neighborhood you don't call it a segregated neighborhood. But you call an all-black neighborhood a segregated neighborhood. And why? Because the segregated neighborhood is the one that's controlled by the ou - from the outside by others, but a separate neighborhood is a neighborhood that is independent, it's equal, it can do - it can stand on its own two feet, such as the neighborhood. It's an independent, free neighborhood, free community."
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