Quotes About Self-governance

I could never take orders from anyone.

It's an old anarchist dream that people can take care of their own lives.

Everybody is making his own rules to suit himself.

In terms of morals there is no such thing as 'state.' Just men. Individuals. Each responsible for his own acts.

One thing was certain, she was through depending on others--others who didn't care, who just wanted to keep out of trouble.

each of us rules himself, or at least tries to do so. It is not an easy thing to do, as you probably know.

The only laws a man can truly respect are the ones he makes for himself.

Freedom is everything, but independence is nothing.

if the people are to be our governors, they must arm themselves with knowledge.

The masses are in reality their own leaders, dialectically creating their own development process.

The led must not be compelled; they must be able to choose their own leader.

You do not have to protect people's pocket books. They'll do a better job of that than you will.

We must act as if our institutions are ours to create, our learning is ours to define, our leadership we seek is ours to become.

A person's not free if their freedom has to be given.

Io ti ho dato tutta la libertà che volevi.» «Questa è una contraddizione in termini. Una persona non è mai libera se la libertà le deve essere 'data'. Chi sei tu per 'darmi' la libertà?»

We owe nobody an explanation or an accounting, as long as our acts do not hurt or infringe on them.

You must think for yourself, what you must do. If someone tells you, then you are not trying. -An-mei

The modern rule is that every woman should be her own chaperon.

There is nothing with which it is so dangerous to take liberties as liberty itself.

The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism will do as it damn well pleases.

I am often reminded that the wellspring of Vermont liberty flows from Main Street, not State Street.

There's a lot of the Midwest and the West in Justice Rehnquist's approach to constitutional law. And by that I mean a recognition that people know pretty well how to govern themselves, that government that is closest to the people is apt to be more responsive to their legitimate concerns and needs.

I eventually think its going to be the consumer who controls his own data.

I often say that Arizonans should decide what's best for Arizona.