Quotes About Self-rule

It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else. — Kwame Nkrumah

I felt free and therefore I was free.

The ultimate good in a liberal state is liberty.

No man shall rule over me with my consent. I will rule over no man.

Make your own rules or be a slave to another man's.

that America will never be happy till she gets clear of foreign dominion.

I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds.

But are we even capable of maintaining a Republic anymore? Are there enough citizens willing to do the hard work that self-rule requires, or have we become a people who would rather be cared for, fed, clothed, housed, and told what's best for us by a parentlike state? Unfortunately, the evidence suggests the latter.

ANARCHY, or the government of each man by himself or as the English say, self -government.

Is any man free except the one who can pass his life as he pleases?

It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.

That government is best which governs not at all; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which they will have.

The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing.

declare and ordain as free and quit of every obligation of captivity, subjection, and slavery, my captured

I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds.

Helena, like many women who ruled their own lives, adored being told what to do when there was no obligation to follow the advice given.

It is far better for a man to go wrong in freedom than to go right in chains.

If we conceive of free speech as promoting the search for truth—as the metaphor of "the marketplace of ideas" suggests—we should be troubled whether that search is hindered by public officials or private citizens. The same is true of democratic justifications for free speech. If the point of free speech is to facilitate the open debate that is essential for self-rule, any measure that impairs that debate should give us pause, regardless of its source.

Perhaps she would learn in time to permit both her daughter and her gods to govern their own affairs.

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more.

When we look at the British Empire in the nineteenth century, we see a clear difference between white colonies and black colonies. In the white colonies like Canada and Australia, the British were giving white people their freedom and self-rule. In the black colonies of the West Indies, Africa and Asia, the British were busy taking away the political freedom of the inhabitants.

Özgürlük her ÅŸeyden üstündür (Das Attentat, p. 79).

God-given right to live as they pleased.

I will lead my people by the hand along the road until their feet are sure and they know the way. Then they may choose for themselves and rule themselves. Then my work will be done.