A Quote by Prashant Bhushan

Independence of Judiciary means independence from Executive and Legislature, but not independence from accountability.

Prashant Bhushan

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Prashant Bhushan
Indian - Lawyer
Born: October 15, 1956

Maturity is not equated with independence though it includes a certain capacity for independence...The independence of the mature person is simply that he does not collapse when he has to stand alone. It is not an independence of needs for other persons with whom to have relationship: that would not be desired by the mature.

Nancy Chodorow

Leaders have devoted themselves to politics, little knowing, it seems that political independence disappears without economic independence that economic independence is the foundation of political independence.

Booker T. Washington

The one thing I wanted was independence. And I realised to have that independence, you needed financial independence.

Karren Brady

The child seeks for independence by means of work; an independence of body and mind.

Maria Montessori

Independence sounds good in theory, but in practice, it is mutually exclusive with accountability. The more independence you give a prosecutor, the less you make that prosecutor accountable to the public and regular checks and balances.

Neal Katyal

Complete independence through truth and non-violence means the independence of every unit, be it the humblest of the nation, without distinction of race, colour or creed.

Mahatma Gandhi

A judiciary independent of a king or executive alone, is a good thing; but independence of the will of the nation is a solecism, at least in a republican government.

Thomas Jefferson

While the seeming independence of the federal judiciary has played a vital part in making its actions virtual Holy Writ for the bulk of the people, it is also and ever true that the judiciary is part and parcel of the government apparatus and appointed by the executive and legislative branches.

Murray Rothbard

I was eight when independence happened. I remember my mum and dad getting dressed up to go to the independence concert to go listen to Bob Marley. Independence was such a wonderful time; we had so many expectations of the kind of country we would become. The vision of the government then was a wonderful vision.

Petina Gappah

Independence can only be obtained and secured by a nation that has its spirit raging with determination: independence or death!

Sukarno

I believe that one of the great pleasures that we derive from voyaging is that of independence, and we have found that the best guarantee of that independence comes from simplicity.

Annie Hill

Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence.

David Ben-Gurion

Independence is a state of mind. Independence is spirit without category.

Oliver Stone

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

Milos Zeman

I was brought up in great tenderness, and though my mind was proud to independence, I was never led to much independence of feeling.

William Godwin

Federal Reserve officials have stressed the importance of the Fed's independence. But such independence does not mean that it is immune from Congressional oversight.

Richard Shelby

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