Famous quotes containing the words independent, speech and/or recognition:
“The chimney is to some extent an independent structure, standing on the ground, and rising through the house to the heavens; even after the house is burned it still stands sometimes, and its importance and independence are apparent.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“One thinking it is right to speak all things, whether the word is fit for speech or unutterable.”
—Sophocles (497406/5 B.C.)
“That the world can be improved and yet must be celebrated as it is are contradictions. The beginning of maturity may be the recognition that both are true.”
—William Stott (b. 1940)
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