Independence and ideas are really valued above all.
It could be that power couple-hood is an image that promises an alluring fantasy: marriage and independence, two ideas that are presented as at odds, existing together in harmony.
With a referendum looming next year on Scottish independence, the idea has prompted a new debate about the country's economic assets.
Ford's predecessor wished to meet the energy crisis, which is considered to be at the bottom of our economic troubles, with Project Independence, the idea of which was to make the country self-sufficient in the production of energy.
Rededicate yourself to the Declaration of Independence, the idea that is America.
Despite its several varieties, Gallicanism consisted of three basic ideas: independence of the French king in the temporal order; superiority of an ecumenical council over the pope; and union of clergy and king to limit the intervention of the pope within the kingdom.
Emily Lau, a veteran member of Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp, said she believed Beijing had decided to move against the pair because it feared that if legislators in the former colony were allowed to promote independence then such ideas might gain strength in Tibet and Xinjiang, where there is longstanding resistance to the Communist party's rule.
In addition, four students outlined the effect of their own reflections, ideas, independence and new perspectives in the problem-solving process.
Americans of the founding generation concurred with the Declaration of Independence that these ideas were rooted in "Nature and Nature's God" and were therefore "self-evident" and inevitably and unfailingly true.
When he was visiting from Glasgow recently, I interviewed him for The Talk of the Town, and he'd told me that he thought independence was "a good idea".
