Quotes About Self-governance

There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.

A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others.

I am my own man. I governed as a conservative, and I govern effectively.

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

My main goal was to not tell my mom anything or anyone anything. Even within our family, we like to do it ourselves, we like to be our own boss, and we don't like asking for help.

There is a word sweeter than mother, home or heaven. That word is liberty.

Daughter am I in my mother's house, but mistress in my own.

Freedom, by definition, is people realizing that they are their own leaders.

Always remember, Son, the best boss is the one who bosses the least. Whether it's cattle, or horses, or men; the least government is the best government.

Mankind's ability to understand and control the forces of nature greatly exceeds our ability to govern ourselves

Every man by nature is a freeman born; by nature no man cometh out of the womb under any civil subjection to king, prince, or judge.

The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.

I don't care how little your country is, you got a right to run it like you want to. When the big nations quit meddling then the world will have peace.

When you fail to be your own boss, You are giving somebody else the contract.

Never blame anyone for your life. You are responsible for you.

Everyone must act according to the dictates of his own reason.

Don't follow leaders, watch your parkin' meters.

In the matters of your life don't take orders, take decisions.

The most precious of all possessions is power over ourselves.

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.

True freedom is to have power over oneself for everything.

All power is inherent in the people.

He that hath liberty ought to kepe it wel, for nothyng is better than liberty.

We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.