Independence

Independence

Independence is a condition of a nation, country, or state in which its residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over the territory. The opposite of independence is a dependent territory.

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Famous quotes containing the word independence:

    “The Indian’s intercourse with Nature is at least such as admits of the greatest independence of each.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “To drive men from independence to live on alms, is itself great cruelty.”
    —Edmund Burke (1729–1797)

    “I am savage enough to prefer the woods, the wilds, and the independence of Monticello, to all the brilliant pleasures of this gay capital [Paris].”
    —Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)