Quotes About Autonomy

In any relationship in which two people become one, the end result is two half people.

The Puritan's idea of hell is a place where everybody has to mind his own business.

Sure thing, just tell'em and let them decide on loving you back or not, it won't be none of your business and if you you ain't got no money be sure to let it all out, it ain't their business.

Mom promised me she'd only activate the tracker if I went missing, but when I stopped to buy gum after school last month, she texted me to get a quart of milk. Coincidence? I think not.

No one has the right to place one human being in a position of political power over another.

I may not personally approve of their choices. I may find their choices distasteful. Nevertheless, every choice a woman makes enriches me because it expands my range of alternatives-even if it is an alternative I can't imagine ever pursuing myself.

A woman's body, a woman's right" applies not only to abortion, but to every peaceful activity a woman engages in. The law should come into play only when a woman initiates force or has force initiated against her.

When you enforce virtue, you deny a woman's right to make an unacceptable choice with her own body. This conflict is old wine in new bottles; it is nothing less than the age-old battle between freedom and control.

The message of this book is not that every woman should read or watch pornography. It is that every woman should decide for herself.

The issue that united the anti-slavery and feminist movements was a demand for the right of every human being to control his or her own body and property. This same principle is the core of individualist feminism today.

Real protection means teaching children to manage risks on their own, not shielding them from every hazard.

if the world had helped us from the beginning, we never would have reached this point. Some think that we're religious fundamentalists. But nobody forces me to fast during Ramadan.

A free conscience is not bound by its own opinion."

Free yourself to be free."

The best way to live your life is not to depend on mine.

The difference between the scarecrow and the mannequin is that they both don't know they are being used by others.

A woman with a clear conscience is free to pursue her own style.

dependency harms culture. People thrive the more they can be self-reliant.

I'm much happier on my own. I can spend as much time with somebody as I want to spend, but I'm not looking to be with somebody forever or live with someone. I don't want somebody in my house.

I need to rely upon myself, trust myself, love myself and not put my happiness and sadness into the hands of others.

Üstelik, sana bir y???n söz söyleyerek, senin ve ya?am?n?n, ailenin ve çocuklar?n?n birer hiç oldu?unu anlat?yorlar; aptal, köleli?e elveri?li ve ba?kalar?n?n kullanaca?? birer insan oldu?unuzu söylüyorlar, insan?n size diledi?i i?lemi uygulayaca??n? hayk?r?yorlar. Size "ki?isel özgürlük" de?il "ulusal özgürlük" vaat ediyorlar.

Akla uygun oldu?u sürece bütün yasalara uyar?m, ama kat? ya da anlams?z kural ve yasalarla sava??r?m.

Whatever does not spring from a man's free choice, or is only the result of instruction and guidance, does not enter into his very being, but remains alien to his true nature; he does not perform it with truly human energies, but merely with mechanical exactness...we may admire what he does, but we despise what he is.

Whatever does not spring from a man's free choice, or is only the result of instruction and guidance, does not enter into his very nature; he does not perform it with truly human energies, but merely with mechanical exactness