Rachel Martin Journalist “Presidents in the modern era who've had significant assets have usually put those into a blind trust with some kind of independent manager.” President Independent Eras ♥ 3
SS Sam Smith Singer “All things whatsoever God in his infinite wisdom has seen fit and proper to reveal to us, while we are dwelling in mortality, in regard to our mortal bodies, are revealed to us in the abstract, and independent of affinity of this mortal tabernacle, but are revealed to our spirits precisely as though we had no bodies at all.” Body Independent Dwelling ♥ 3
Taylor Swift Singer, Songwriter “I base a lot of decisions on my gut, and going with an independent label was a good one.” Decision Independent ♥ 3
Ralph Waldo Emerson Essayist, Philosopher, Poet “All forms of government symbolize an immortal government, common to all dynasties and independent of numbers, perfect where two men exist, perfect where there is only one man.” Men Two Independent ♥ 3
Samuel Johnson Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic “Consultation and compliance can conduce little to the perfection of any literary performance; for whoever is so doubtful of his own abilities as to encourage the remarks of others, will find himself every day embarrassed with new difficulties, and will harass his mind, in vain, with the hopeless labour of uniting heterogeneous ideas, digesting independent hints, and collecting into one point the several rays of borrowed light, emitted often with contrary directions.” Writing Light Independent ♥ 3
Rand Paul Politician “Benjamin Netanyahu said that ultimately, they will be stronger when they're independent. My position is exactly the same. We shouldn't borrow money from China to send it anywhere, but why don't we start with eliminating aid to our enemies.” Enemy Independent Stronger ♥ 3
Virginia Woolf Novelist “In certain favorable moods, memories -- what one has forgotten -- come to the top. Now if this is so, is it not possible -- I often wonder -- that things we have felt with great intensity have an existence independent of our minds; are in fact still in existence? And if so, will it not be possible, in time, that some device will be invented by which we can tap them?” Mind Memories Independent ♥ 3
RA Renata Adler Author, Journalist “I think maybe writers come from different planets. I mean, not in any sense as extravagant as Baryshnikov. But there are some writers who understand each other this way and others who understand each other that way. Then there's this great herd, the "herd of independent minds."” Thinking Mean Independent ♥ 3
Thomas Jefferson Politician, Founding Father “Independence can be trusted nowhere but with the people in mass. They are inherently independent of all but moral law.” People Law Independent ♥ 3
Thomas Jefferson Politician, Founding Father “God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion... We have had thirteen States independent for eleven years. There has been one rebellion. That comes to one rebellion in a century and a half, for each State. What country before ever existed a century and a half without a rebellion.” Country Wisdom Independent ♥ 3
Thomas Jefferson Politician, Founding Father “In the legislature, the House of Representatives is chosen by less than half the people, and not at all in proportion to those who do choose. The Senate are still more disproportionate, and for long terms of irresponsibility. In the Executive, the Governor is entirely independent of the choice of the people, and of their control; his Council equally so, and at best but a fifth wheel to a wagon. In the Judiciary, the judges of the highest courts are dependent on none but themselves.” People Long Independent ♥ 3
