Quotes About Self-governance

Independence doesn't mean you decide the way you want.

Self-determination could mean independence, confederacy, federal and autonomy.

I am as independent as I want to be, same as Catherine and Harry. We've all grown up differently to other generations and I very much feel if that I can do it myself, I want to do it myself.

After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.

Constitutional democracy, you see, is no romantic notion. It's our defense against ourselves, the one foe who might defeat us.

One man who minds his own business is more valuable to the world than 10,000 cocksure moralists.

I believe it is important that we Japanese write a constitution for ourselves that would reflect the shape of the country we consider desirable in the 21st century.

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men," James Madison pointed out, "the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: and a people who mean to be their own governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

I resent the fact that people in places like Boston, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco believe that they should be able to tell us how to live our lives, operate our businesses, and what to do with the land that we love and cherish.

The professional cannot allow the actions of others to define his reality.

While those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them.

Independence is happiness.

You can either be informed and your own rulers, or you can be ignorant and have someone else, who is not ignorant, rule over you.

I have achieved an inner freedom.

I was never good at taking instructions.

I've always tried to keep my integrity and keep my autonomy.

I hate interference, and I don't interfere in others' lives.

Nothing is more precious than freedom and independence.

Do not be the slave of anyone when God has created you free.[23]

I worked night and day for twelve years to prevent the war, but I could not. The North was mad and blind, would not let us govern ourselves, and so the war came.

In 2010, the Spanish constitutional court annulled a large part of the Catalan statute of autonomy negotiated between Catalonia and the previous prime minister, Jose Luis Zapatero. This demolished one of the main agreements achieved during the Spanish transition to democracy - Catalonia's recovery of self-governance.

When our Founders created this great experiment in self-governance, the House of Representatives became, by design, the body closest to the people. We are the most accountable, and we must be the most transparent.

Shasana means rules someone else imposes on you. Anushasana means rules you impose on yourself.