Quotes About Autonomy

The only greater [evil] than separation... [is] living under a government of discretion.

It is often said that our modern world is incapable of self-government.

The emblem of equal rights. It means free hands, free lips, self- government, and the sovereignty of the individual.

Why is it is claimed that if people won't or can't take care of their own needs, that people in government can do it for them?

That is the trick of good government. To make folk desire to live in such a way that there is no need for its intervention.

Nations crumble from within when the citizenry asks of government those things which the citizenry might better provide for itself.

Political liberty is only good insofar as it produces private liberty.

Have the government get out of the way.

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.

That government is best which governs the least because its people discipline themselves.

Though the people support the government the government should not support the people.

I respect the Indian government for the fact that there are no settlements in Kashmir.

You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.

You can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him think.

Write your own part. It is the only way I've gotten anywhere. It is much harder work, but sometimes you have to take destiny into your own hands.

Great minds think for themselves.

Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself.

The great escape of our times is escape from personal responsibility for the consequences of one's own behavior.

Hire great people and give them freedom to be awesome.

A great coach can lead you to a place where you don't need him any more.

I think there's great potential for autonomy, but we have to remember that we live in a world where people may have free will but have not invented their circumstances.

Great research universities must insist on independence from government and on the exercise of academic freedom.

Before you can have great employees you have to put them in a position to create their own future.

I don't want to have to start being unselfish again. The great thing about being on your own is you do what you damned well like.