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True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right.
True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right.
The whole trouble is that we won't let God help us.
The whole trouble is that we won't let God help us.
. . . but while
I breathe Heaven's air, and Heaven looks down on me,
And smiles read more
. . . but while
I breathe Heaven's air, and Heaven looks down on me,
And smiles at my best meanings, I remain
Mistress of mine own self and mine own soul.
The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully
The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully
Injustice in the end produces independence.
[Fr., L'injustice a la fin produit l'independance.]
Injustice in the end produces independence.
[Fr., L'injustice a la fin produit l'independance.]
You have to do it yourself, no one else will do it for you. You must work out your own read more
You have to do it yourself, no one else will do it for you. You must work out your own salvation.
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one
people to dissolve the political bands which read more
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one
people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them
with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the
separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of
Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of
mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel
them to the separation.
We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created
equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the
Pursuit of Happiness--That to secure these Rights, Governments
are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the
the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of
Government becomes destructive to these Ends, it is the Right of
the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new
Government, laying its foundation on such Principles and
and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem
most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. . . .
It's easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing -- read more
It's easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing -- that's the Lord's test.
