When I had independence, it was a constant battle within me to figure out when am I on my own. And also the insecurity that my life engendered, especially as a freelance cartoonist, kept me in a constant state of anxiety as to whether I am going to be able to meet my financial obligations.

Cycling also offers a sense of independence, of being able to get up and go wherever and whenever you want. That's invaluable.

July 4th is Independence Day in the U.S., and it is celebrated in a truly American way by blowing things up and taking a day off from work.

The only holiday of independence which I can never leave out is the celebration of the independence of the Jewish State of Israel.

The real sin of idolatry is always committed on behalf of something similar to the State.

Stamps from Afghanistan are hilarious. You can tell when the revolutions are because suddenly they stop having pictures of the mullahs and the independence monument and they start having fish on them.

It's so important to have that independence. You know it yourself: Everyone needs evenings of their own.

A superfluity of wealth, and a train of domestic slaves, naturally banish a sense of general liberty, and nourish the seeds of that kind of independence that usually terminates in aristocracy.

The States are nations.

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free .....