Malcolm X Civil Rights Activist, Minister “If the various groups in America had been less selfish and had permitted different representatives from the groups to travel into foreign countries, and broaden their own scope, and come back and educate the movements they represented, not only would this have made the groups to which they belonged more enlightened and more worldly in the international sense, but it also would have given the independent African states abroad a better understanding of the groups in the United States, and what they stand for, what they represent.” Country Independent Selfish ♥ 3
Hannah Arendt Philosopher, Political Theorist “Political institutions, no matter how well or badly designed, depend for continued existence upon acting men; their conservation is achieved by the same means that brought them into being. Independent existence marks the work of art as a product of making; utter dependence upon further acts to keep it in existence marks the state as a product of action.” Mean Art Independent ♥ 3
Nelson Mandela Political Leader “I cannot overemphasise the value we place on a free, independent and outspoken press” Independent Presses ♥ 3
Oscar Wilde Writer “If you meet at dinner a man who has spent his life in educating himself - a rare type in our time ... you rise from table richer, and conscious that a high ideal has for a moment touched and sanctified your days. But Oh! my dear Ernest, to sit next to a man who has spent his life in trying to educate others! What a dreadful experience that is!” Men Trying Independent ♥ 3
Harrison Ford Actor “There's no independent satisfaction without the success of the film itself. The feel that you have done the best you can to support the film.” Done Support Independent ♥ 3
Nelson Mandela Political Leader “We have introduced equity into our life, including a uniform educational system. We have also introduced a Bill of Rights, which is not just a piece of paper, but a living document because we have created structures that are totally independent of the government and that can overrule the government, even the president.” Rights Independent Educational ♥ 3
Francisco Goldman Author “The Peña Nieto government is not going to investigate itself; there's no true autonomy in the investigative and justice branches of the government in Mexico. The recent Mexican crimes and scandals, is profoundly structural, and you'd have to change the way Mexico is run, create a truly independent special prosecutor's office, to even have a chance to get close to achieving justice. People, including the families and many others throughout Mexican society, aren't going to give up in fighting for just that kind of change.” Running Giving Up Independent ♥ 3
KH Katie Hopkins Television Personality “Glaswegian ebola patient moved to London's Royal Free Hospital. Not so independent when it matters most are we jocksville?” Independent London Ebola ♥ 3
Haruki Murakami Writer “I have always liked running, so it wasn't particularly difficult to make it a habit. All you need is a pair of running shoes and you can do it anywhere. It does not require anybody to do it with, and so I found the sport perfectly fits me as a person who tends to be independent and individualistic.” Running Sports Independent ♥ 3
Margaret Thatcher Politician “Had I faltered we would have neither the success nor the international reputation we have. Yet when a woman is strong she is strident. If a man is strong, he's a good guy.” Men Strong Independent ♥ 3
Margaret Thatcher Politician “My first guiding principle is this: willing and active co-operation between independent sovereign states. Europe will be stronger precisely because it has France as France, Spain as Spain, Britain as Britain, each with its own customs, traditions and identity. It would be folly to try to fit them into some sort of identikit European personality.” Independent Europe Guiding Principles ♥ 3
