Quotes About Self-governance

As you know very well,' said Stephen, 'I am in favour of leaving people alone, however imperfect their polity may seem. It appears to me that you must not tell other nations how to set their house in order; nor must you compel them to be happy. But I too am a naval officer, brother; long, long ago you taught me that anyone nourished on ship's biscuit must learn to choose the lesser of two weevils. On

Don't let other's say That road is better or That route is easier. The greatest gift God gave us is the power to make decisions.

Grown people never ask you what they should do until they've already decided for themselves.

Nothing is more wonderful than the art of being free, but nothing is harder to learn how to use than freedom.

liberty requires not just the abstract notion that you are free to choose your actions, but also the ability to exercise that freedom.

I think you probably know what you're doing and whatever you do is your own business.

Classical liberalism doesn't demand that you bow to it. It instructs you to make a decision for yourself. Then, through that process, we can figure out what is best for a society at large.

Because it taught me right from the start to rely only on myself," he said

Never allow others to create your world because if you do, they will always make it too small.

I mean, I've always been a libertarian. Leave everybody alone. Let everybody else do what they want. Just stay out of everybody else's hair.

Political freedom would mean liberation of the individuals from politics over which they have no effective control. Similarly

Each man shall do precisely as he pleases with himself, and with all those things which exclusively concern him.

She understood that her heart operated on its own instructions, that she had no control over it or, indeed, anything else.

Anything entering or exiting any orifice on your body is your choice. I don't get a say; I don't want a say. It's that simple.

Because there's nothing better than autonomy. Because

We shall never be content until each man makes his own weather and keeps it to himself.

Work for Swaraj fails to appeal to us because we have no music in us.

I don't do any corporate work.

Anyone who has no need of anybody but himself is either a beast or a God."Aristotle

Don't let your society and environment dictate what you do with your time

By nature, every individual has the right to govern himself; and governments, whether founded on majorities or minorities, must derive their right from the assent, expressed or implied, of the governed,, and be subject to such limitations as they may impose.

Independence is a very subjective assessment.

I'd rather see us as citizens than subjects in the 21st Century.

Go fail or succeed on your own merits, be your own man.