Independence
The ARA was a non-Ministerial Department, meaning it answered to Parliament directly rather than to a Minister. As an independent government department, the Agency acted completely separately from the political arena and from political interference, and adopted cases on the likelihood of a successful outcome, rather than for any political or other reasons. To this end, Agency operations were carried out when the juncture was right logistically and operationally.
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Famous quotes containing the word independence:
“We must have constantly present in our minds the difference between independence and liberty. Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permit, and if a citizen could do what they forbid he would no longer be possessed of liberty.”
—Charles Louis de Secondat Montesquieu (1689–1755)
“There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no independence quite so important, as living within your means.”
—Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)
“...there was the annual Fourth of July picketing at Independence Hall in Philadelphia. ...I thought it was ridiculous to have to go there in a skirt. But I did it anyway because it was something that might possibly have an effect. I remember walking around in my little white blouse and skirt and tourists standing there eating their ice cream cones and watching us like the zoo had opened.”
—Martha Shelley, U.S. author and social activist. As quoted in Making History, part 3, by Eric Marcus (1992)