Quotes About Autonomy

Everyone has their own personality, its own character, and if he respects that, everything would finally fall over for good only.

All normal life, Peter, consciously or otherwise, resent domination. If the domination is by an inferior, or by a supposed inferior, the resentment becomes stronger.

There is no right to deny freedom to any object with a mind advanced enough to grasp the concept and desire the state.

Galaxy! When can a man know he is not a puppet? How can a man know he is not a puppet?

I would argue that a truly developed country would be beyond Presidents and Kings. In a world with some semblance of equality, each liberal-minded woman, each gay person, and indeed almost every person could be their own President. In a world of equals, what real service does a ruler provide?

You'll have such proof as exists. You are the only one responsible for your own wants.

Throughout you have invariably relied on authority or on the past—never on yourselves.

Better your own road to hell than another's road to heaven

The human mind resents control.

It seems to me that only someone who wishes for freedom can be free. I wish for freedom.

Men who feel themselves strong enough to decide for themselves what is best for themselves, and not just to be told what is best for others.

Mankind has lost its own say in its future.' 'It never had any, really.

Por la Galaxia! ¿Cuándo puede saber un hombre que no es un títere? ¿Cómo puede saber un hombre que no es un títere?

Ideally there should be no detectable connection between any two Observers, so that the loss of one would not entail the loss of any other.

All is bad that is imposed from without,' said Lizalor.

La palabra «libertad» no tiene sentido cuando se aplica a un robot. Sólo un ser humano puede ser libre.

Invariablemente, siempre han puesto su fe en las autoridades o en el pasado, nunca en ustedes mismos.

He was detecting what we—he and I—knew he would detect—that we were not our own masters. And I didn't want to know!

the fact that Jander was Fastolfe's own creation does not give him the right to destroy it.

You'll have such proof as exists. You are the only one responsible for your own wants.

Când poate È™ti un om dac? este sau nu o marionet?? Cum poate afla un om c? nu este o marionet??

Cuándo puede saber un hombre que no es un títere?

Exert some independence; you're not a little girl. You can't let anyone else decide things for you. You have to take care of yourself in this world, she said. I've never forgotten those words.

No hay feminismo sin independencia económica. Eso lo vi claramente en mi infancia con la situación de mi madre. Las mujeres necesitamos disponer de ingresos propios y manejarlos, para eso se requiere educación, capacitación y un ambiente laboral y familiar adecuado.