In today's interdependent world a threat to one becomes a menace to all. And no state can defeat these challenges and threats alone.

I'm fiercely independent but I'm also terrified of being alone.

I have no time for those who say there is no way Scotland could go it alone. I know first-hand the contribution Scotland and Scots make to Britain's success - so for me there's no question about whether Scotland could be an independent nation.

I'm a teenager but I'm independent - I have my own apartment I have my own life. And I think I have learned more than any of those teenagers have in school. I learned to be responsible leaving my family and coming here alone.

I have grown up alone. I've taken care of myself. I worked earned money and was independent at 18.

In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments the governments alone independent of the interests of the people to whom war is always pernicious even when successful.

No employer today is independent of those about him. He cannot succeed alone no matter how great his ability or capital. Business today is more than ever a question of cooperation.

Even though I love solar and love wind like most people do I like the renewable sources they alone are not going to get America energy independent.

Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone but for the development of his self.

Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent.