Quotes About Autonomy

The truly free man is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.

Wenn ich in Unterleuten eins gelernt habe, dann dass jeder Mensch ein eigenes Universum bewohnt, in dem er von morgens bis abends recht hat.

Das Leben ist ein Angebot, das man auch ablehnen kann.

Wir sind nicht einmal in der Lage, eine Familie zu gründen, geschweige denn, uns mit einer Partei zu identifizieren! [...] Wir wollen keine Gemeinschaft. Wir wollen unsere Ruhe.

Als ik iets heb geleerd in Unterleuten, dan is het wel dat ieder mens in een eigen universum leeft, waarin hij van 's ochtends vroeg tot 's avonds laat gelijk heeft.

We have to find our own way to live, and to love. Don't ever let anyone else tell you how it should be for you.

To be deprived of parents - is that where freedom starts?

she could not bear to let someone else perform a task when she could do it better herself.

No," she continued in a louder voice, "means no.

Better to remain unmarried than shackle herself to someone who'd bore her to tears.

Any man who is your equal is not going to allow you to manage him as you see fit.

You happen to life Eloise...You've always made your own decisions, always been in control

Lucy felt herself nod. She did rather like to plan things. There was such a pleasant feeling of being in charge that came along with it.

The fey in this country keep to themselves, and are a separate nation, much like the American Indians, but with even more autonomy.

I'm not so interested in being indie just for the sake of being indie.

I'm pretty much a loner. That's not good, bad, or indifferent.

The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization.

All I'm for is the liberty of the individual.

The rightful claim to dissent is an existential right of the individual.

The freedom to be an individual is the essence of America.

Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized.

I see bodies as individual things.

I believe, basically, that individual freedom is very important.

I believe in individual rights so much that I don't like any sort of 'what's good for the cause'-type questions.