C. S. Lewis Writer, Scholar “The standard that measures two things is something different from either. You are, in fact, comparing them both with some Real Morality, admitting that there is such a thing as a real Right, independent of what people think, and that some people's ideas get nearer to that real Right than others.” Thinking Real Independent ♥ 3
Barack Obama Politician “We stand with women by fighting for economic security, protecting access to health care and supporting women's leadership across the country” Country Fighting Independent ♥ 3
Barack Obama Politician “I need you to go out and talk to your friends and talk to your neighbors. I want you to talk to them whether they are independent or whether they are Republican. I want you to argue with them and get in their face.” Want Needs Independent ♥ 3
Barack Obama Politician “It's my job as President and Congress’s job to maker sure that there’s some rules of the road that people are going to abide by and that we’ve got transparency and accountability that this stuff is being posted and one of the things that we are going to do is put together an independent board on the recovery package…” Jobs Independent Recovery ♥ 3
Barack Obama Politician “I can say across Europe that many principles that have been taken for granted here around free speech, and around civil liberties and an independent judiciary, and fighting corruption, those are principles that, you know, not perfectly but generally, we have tried to apply not just in our own country but also with respect to our foreign policy.” Country Taken Independent ♥ 3
PW Patrick Wilson Actor “When you're younger you don't care so much, but as you get older you have a family and stuff like that. But I've always kept my foot in theatre and I've kept my foot in independent film, so I'm really happy going back and forth. So, if I can't find the meaty roles in studio films, then I'll go back and dig up a little independent where I can flex my muscles a little bit.” Care Independent Theatre ♥ 3
PR Paul Ryan Politician “We need to be honest with the American people about the problems and the challenges ahead and the solutions that are needed to fix them. And I would argue it's the president who has been missing in action on this front. He knows we have a debt crisis coming. All independent experts show us this. And so he hasn't even given us a budget yet. I mean, the law required that he was supposed to submit a budget the first Monday in February.” Mean Independent Monday ♥ 3
DL Damian Lewis Actor “You know, this idea of going around the world imposing democracy by growing a middle-class, a trading merchant class that is independent of your faith, is a good notion, but we're all partially different - it's no good imposing systems on people that it doesn't suit.” Ideas Class Independent ♥ 3
CC Calvin Coolidge Politician “The American Revolution represented the informed and mature convictions of a great mass of independent, liberty-loving, God-fearing people who knew their rights, and possessed the courage to dare to maintain them.” People Rights Independent ♥ 3
Edward Said Literary Theorist, Critic, and Author “Osama bin Laden's organization has spun out from him and is now probably independent of him. There will be others who will appear and reappear. This is why we need a much more precise, a much more defined, a much more patiently constructed campaign, as well as one that surveys not just the terrorists' presence but the root causes of terrorism, which are ascertainable.” Independent Organization Roots ♥ 3
Emily Dickinson Poet “How happy is the little stone That rambles in the road alone, And doesn't care about careers, And exigencies never fears; Whose coat of elemental brown A passing universe put on; And independent as the sun, Associates or glows alone, Fulfilling absolute decree In casual simplicity.” Careers Independent Simplicity ♥ 3
Baltasar Gracian Philosopher, Writer “You should aim to be independent of any one vote, of any one fashion, of any one century.” Fashion Independent Vote ♥ 3
