Gaining Full Independence

Famous quotes containing the words gaining, full and/or independence:

    “That all things change, one nation gaining strength
    While others perish.”
    —Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)

    “The children are all crying in their pens
    and the surf carries their cries away.
    They are old men who have seen too much,
    their mouths are full of dirty clothes,
    the tongues poverty, tears like pus.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no independence quite so important, as living within your means.”
    —Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)