Quotes About Autonomy

The truly great man is he who would master no one, and who would be mastered by none.

The man who asks of freedom anything other than itself is born to be a slave.

Political freedom means the absence of coercion of a man by his fellow men.

The ideal Government of all reflective men, from Aristotle onward, is one which lets the individual alone - one which barely escapes being no government at all.

How was she to tie herself to a man without permitting him to imprison her? And was there some means of acquiring things without those things possessing her?

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Don't teach a man to fish and you feed yourself. He's a grown man, fishing's not that hard.

Man who man would be, must rule the empire of himself.

A man who cannot command himself will always be a slave.

To me, an outlaw is a man that did things his own way, whether you liked him or not. I did things my own way.

Liberty is often a heavy burden on a man. It involves the necessity for perpetual choice which is the kind of labor men have always dreaded.

Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.

A free man must not be told how to think, either by the government or by social activists. He may certainly be shown the right way, but he must not accept being forced into it.

Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring.

Too much liberty leads both men and nations to slavery.

Governmental regulations all carry coercion to some degree, and even where they don't, they habituate man to expect teaching, guidance and help outside himself, instead of formulating his own.

If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.

I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master.

Every man's happiness is his own responsibility.

How can you call a man free when his pleasures rule over him.

A man should be free to do what he wants to do, as long as it doesn't hurt others.

Every man is the author of his own life.

Not stones, nor wood, nor the art of artisans make a state; but where men are who know how to take care of themselves, these are cities and walls.

No man bosses me around, and no man ever will.

I am a man, Jupiter, and each man must invent his own path.