The combined wisdom and genius of all mankind cannot possibly conceive of an argument against liberty of thought.
You need to learn independence. You have to be independent - it builds character.
What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument.
What better day to lay the cornerstone of the Freedom Tower than the day our country declared its independence.
The smartest groups, then, are made up of people with diverse perspectives who are able to stay independent of each other. Independence doesn't imply rationality or impartiality, though. You can be biased and irrational, but as long as you're independent, you won't make the group any dumber.
The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.
The fire of independence is burning just as bright in my breast as in the most fiery breast in this country, but ways and methods differ.
I have seen white settlers in Africa who had sworn that they would never sit down to table with those "smelly blacks" sit down quite happily with half-nude tribesmen once a country achieves independence. It is the context of power which changes behavior and transmutes antipathy into sympathy.
Man has lost the basic skill of the ape, the ability to scratch its back. Which gave it extraordinary independence, and the liberty to associate for reasons other than the need for mutual back-scratching.
Its Constitution--the glittering and sounding generalities of natural right which make up the Declaration of Independence.
Joe Smith and Brigham Young laid out Independence, but very soon thereafter enough citizens of the county collected to drive them off, after several stubborn fights.
The next step will be for the colonists on Mars to throw off the hand of the United States. There will be this wonderful historical irony. When the people on Mars write a declaration of independence saying, 'We hold these truths to be self-evident. . . ', the US will be rather pissed off
Both the Freudian and the Platonic metaphors emphasize the considerable independence of and tension among the constituent parts of the psyche, a point that characterizes the human condition.
There was an unbelievable amount of animosity in that war [for America Independence] which people have forgotten, which was still around 50 years later.
Bad as "independence" is, the main fault of the Federal Reserve System - an admirable system if conducted in the public interest - is that too much power and control rests in the hands of people whose private interests are directly affected by the Federal Reserves' actions.
In the long run [censorship] will create a generation incapable of appreciating the difference between independence of thought and subservience.
I saw the man my friendwants pardoned, Thomas Flinton. He is a bright, good-looking fellow. . . . Of his innocence all are confident. The governor strikes me as a man seeking popularity, who lacks the independence and manhood to do right at the risk of losing popularity. Afraid of what will be said. He is prejudiced against the Irish and Democrats.
He who is served is limited in his independence.
All I can do is advocate changes at the BBC while respecting editorial independence upon which the success of the BBC rests. I cant do anything that requires the BBC to pay certain people certain amounts.
By the single example of this painter devoted to his art with such independence, my destiny as a painter opened out to me.