Skip to content

Independence, the freedom of a self-governing nation, is in my estimation the highest political good, for which any disadvantage, if need be, and any sacrifice are a cheap price. It is worth living for; it is worth fighting for; and it is worth dying for.

— Enoch Powell

Another quote →

Topics

Independence Day

More quotes by Enoch Powell

All political lives, unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture, end in failure, because that is the nature of politics and of human affairs.

Joseph Chamberlain (1977)

Some of us personally witnessed what was done on the continent under that sign and it is a symbol we shall never forget.

It's not impossible but it's difficult, for a non-white person to be British.

The happiest and most glorious hours of my life with books have been with German books.

Values exist in a transcendental realm, beyond space and time. They can neither be fought for, nor destroyed.

All Enoch Powell quotes →

You may also like

You have to start with the truth. The truth is the only way that we can get anywhere. Because any decision-making that is based upon lies or ignorance can't lead to a good conclusion.

Julian Assange

What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence?

Abraham Lincoln

Science and religion are two human enterprises sharing many features.

Freeman Dyson Infinite in All Directions (1988)

There is no governor anywhere; you are all absolutely free. There is no restraint that cannot be escaped.

Robert Anton Wilson

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: Enoch Powell (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.