Quotes About Self-governance

Who to himself is law, no law doth need, offends no law, and is a king indeed.

I don't want to be influenced by outside opinion.

Nobody tells you what you can and can't do.

Once I got to the age where I was like, "I could just do it by myself," they was like, "Go do it."

Don't put no constrictions on da people. Leave 'em ta hell alone.

Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by itself alone.

The greatest right of a civilized person is to be left alone, unless he does harm to others or is threatening to do harm to himself.

Make your own rules or be a slave to another man's.

I can never consent to being dictated to as to what I shall or shall not do. I, as President, shall be responsible for my administration.

Whatever I do, it's my business. It's not my job to parent America.

Your vagina is not a democracy. No one else gets a vote on what you do with it.

a good conscience is never lawless in the worst regulated state, and will provide those laws for itself, which the neglect of legislators hath forgotten to supply.

A Fillory without a god. It was a radical notion. But he thought about it, and it didn't seem like a terrible one. They would be on their own this time - the kings, the queens, the people, the animals, the spirits, the monsters. They'd have to decide what was right and just and fair for themselves.

If everybody minded their own business, the world would go around a great deal faster than it does.

I absolutely value autonomy. I value freedom and having the ability to implement change right away.

At the core of our American value system is individual freedom.

A people who never misused the powers of government would never misuse independence, and a people which always governed itself well would not need to be governed.

Qu'il voie par ses yeux, qu'il sente par son coeur ; qu'aucune autorité ne le gouverne, hors celle de sa propre raison.

l'impulsion du seul appétit est esclavage, et l'obéissance à la loi qu'on s'est prescrite est liberté.

I believe that we must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way.

I think people should be allowed to do anything they want. We haven't tried that for a while. Maybe this time it'll work.

Anarchists believe we can run our lives without the government.

I don't allow people's outlook on me dictate what I do in my life and how I live my life.

We need to be responsible for ourselves; we must create our own republics. Today we hand over our responsibility to the boss, to the company, to government, and then blame them when everything goes wrong.