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The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
All we ask is to be let alone.
All we ask is to be let alone.
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. . . .
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.
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.
Thy spirit, Independence, let me share!
Lord of the lion-heart and eagle-eye,
Thy steps I follow with read more
Thy spirit, Independence, let me share!
Lord of the lion-heart and eagle-eye,
Thy steps I follow with my bosom bare,
Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky.
The price for independence is often isolation and solitude.
The price for independence is often isolation and solitude.
The whole trouble is that we won't let God help us.
The whole trouble is that we won't let God help us.
