Self-Government Quotes

Self-government won't work without self-discipline. Paul Harvey
Work Self-Discipline Self-Government Without
The principle of self-government cannot be violated with impunity. The individual's right to it is sacred - regardless of class, caste, race, color, sex or any other accident or incident of birth. Susan B. Anthony
Class Sex Accident Other Birth Caste Color Individual Sacred Principle Self-Government Any Impunity Regardless Cannot Race Incident Right Violated
When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government - that is despotism. Abraham Lincoln
Man White Despotism More He Also Himself Another Self-Government Another Man Governs Than
A people morally and intellectually equal to self-government must also be equal in self-defence. Jefferson Davis
People Must Morally Self-Defence Equal Also Self-Government Intellectually
Years ago on my radio show, I used to say, 'I'm a conservative, but I'm not in a bad mood about it.' I've always believed that civility in heavy doses is essential in self-government. Mike Pence
Conservative Bad Mood Say Mood Bad About Civility Self-Government Always Years Years Ago Essential Heavy Doses Used Show Radio Believed
America is the only nation in the world based on an idea - freedom and self-government - so if we don't understand that idea and what sacrifices were made to win that freedom and keep it for over two centuries, how can we possibly continue to keep it? Eric Metaxas
Freedom World Win Made Nation Possibly Only Sacrifices Idea Over Self-Government Understand How Were Continue America Centuries Keep Based Two
The government should help and guide the weak and small racial groups within its national boundaries toward self-determination and self-government. It should offer resistance to foreign aggression, and simultaneously, it should revise foreign treaties in order to restore our equality and independence among the nations. Sun Yat-sen
Government Equality Independence National Our Guide Weak Restore Small Toward Simultaneously Boundaries Self-Determination Self-Government Within Foreign Revise Offer Nations Order Racial Should Aggression Help Groups Among Resistance Treaties
There's every reason to think that whatever their political leanings, Americans will be highly receptive to numerous reforms designed to improve health, safety, economic security, environmental quality and democratic self-government - at least if those reforms do not eliminate their freedom of choice. Cass Sunstein
Environmental Health Freedom Quality Safety Political Will Whatever Every Think Numerous Those Security Economic Economic Security Highly Democratic Self-Government Least Improve American Reforms Choice Reason Designed Eliminate Receptive
The creative project of self-government - hard and frustrating but necessary - is to produce that political commonwealth that changes over time, that can change sometimes by the minute, if circumstances intervene. Charlie Pierce
Time Change Creative Sometimes Political Changes Intervene Project Circumstances Minute Over Self-Government Frustrating Commonwealth Produce Hard Necessary
In ancient China, self-government was highly developed both in community life and in personal life. The custom of mutual protection and assistance was widespread. The organization and regulations of local self-government were clearly defined and strictly applied. Individual self-control was even more strongly emphasized. Chiang Kai-shek
Life Protection Organization Personal Life Community Strictly Local Defined Ancient Mutual Strongly More Both Individual Developed Self-Control Emphasized Highly Clearly Self-Government Were Personal China Custom Regulations Even Applied Assistance Widespread
In historical and constitutional terms, the recent political status vote in Puerto Rico was a necessary but obviously not decisive step on the road of self-determination leading to full self-government. Dick Thornburgh
Vote Political Status Constitutional Step Road Leading Self-Determination Terms Obviously Self-Government Historical Political Status Decisive Full Rico Necessary Puerto Puerto Rico Recent
Measures of self-government and a school council, especially for such young children, were a great innovation. Dora Russell
Great Innovation School Young Council Self-Government Were Children Young Children Measures
To restore the American experiment in democratic self-government, religious believers need to redouble their civic efforts. For without our active participation in politics, the government will continue to trample on our rights. The Constitution does not prevent people of faith from being active in politics. Edwin Meese
Politics Faith Government Constitution Rights People Will Experiment Active Our Religious Civic Restore Prevent Participation Democratic Self-Government Without Does Continue Efforts American Trample Being Believers Need
It's a fact that if Hillary Clinton is elected, the country's chance to have a Supreme Court that values the Constitution - and the genuine liberty and self-government for which millions have died - is gone. Not for four years, or eight, but forever. Eric Metaxas
Constitution Liberty Values Country Gone Fact Hillary Hillary Clinton Supreme Supreme Court Self-Government Court Genuine Years Clinton Forever Died Eight Which Elected Four Millions Chance
The Founders were anything but demigods to themselves and their contemporaries, who recognized full well that the experiment in self-government had only begun. H. W. Brands
Experiment Recognized Only Had Contemporaries Well Self-Government Were Begun Anything Themselves Full Who Founders
Belize is not ready for self-government. John McAfee
Self-Government Ready
Republican government - self-government by the people - is at the heart of what it means to be free. Josh Hawley
Government Heart People Free Self-Government Republican Means By The People
The Canadian risings of the 1830s obliged the men in London to think much harder about settler self-government. Linda Colley
Men Think London About Obliged Self-Government Canadian Much Harder
Democratic self-government has manifestly brought benefits to India, Japan, Norway, Switzerland, South Africa, South Korea, and scores of nations all making their way in the world. Michael Gove
World Benefits South Africa Way India Brought Democratic Self-Government Korea Making South Scores South Korea Nations Norway Africa Japan Switzerland
Iranians hate Arabs. They're a fairly well-educated population and they have centuries of experience with self-government. Michael Ledeen
Experience Hate Arabs Fairly Self-Government Well-Educated Iranians Centuries Population
All great enterprises have a pearl of faith at their core, and this must be ours: that Americans are still a people born to liberty. That they retain the capacity for self-government. That, addressed as free-born, autonomous men and women of God-given dignity, they will rise yet again to drive back a mortal enemy. Mitch Daniels
Faith Great Dignity Women People Enemy Liberty Will Independence Men Men And Women Drive Back Ours Enterprises Must Born Rise Retain Mortal Self-Government Still God-Given American Autonomous Again Capacity Pearl Core
I got active in this business of politics and self-government in 1958 when my father, who was serving in the U.S. Army, took us to the battlefield of Verdun. Newt Gingrich
Politics Business Army Father Active Took Battlefield Self-Government Got Us Who Serving
We have pledged ourselves, and of this the United Nations of the world are witness, to give the fullest opportunity for attainment of self-government by India as soon as hostilities are over. I repeat that that is beyond doubt. Stafford Cripps
World Witness Opportunity Doubt United Nations Pledged Ourselves India Give Attainment Soon Over Beyond Self-Government Repeat Nations Fullest United
The advent of self-government for the Iraqi people is a watershed moment in their history. Todd Akin
History People Watershed Advent Self-Government Iraqi Iraqi People Moment
Russian democracy is the power of the Russian people with their own traditions of national self-government, and not the realisation of standards foisted on us from outside. Vladimir Putin
Democracy People Power National Own Russian Russian People Outside Self-Government Traditions Realisation Us Standards
I now proceed to demonstrate that the Mexicans are wholly incapable of self-government, and that our liberties, our fortunes and our lives are insecure so long as we are connected with them. William H. Wharton
Long Our Our Lives Liberties Insecure Self-Government Demonstrate Mexicans Proceed Them Incapable Fortunes Connected Wholly Now Lives

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