Autonomy Quotes

“The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.”

“No woman can call herself free who does not control her own body.”

“A woman is a person who makes choices.”

“Parents need to be given the space to make their own mistakes and to find their own way.”

“If I must be ruled, let it be by a tyrant of my own choosing.”

“I am the queen of this island. I have my own rules.”

“Suicide is a fundamental human right. This does not mean that it is desirable. It only means that society does not have the moral right to interfere.”

“The only way to get freedom is to take it.”

“Technique has become autonomous; it has fashioned an omnivorous world which obeys its own laws and which has renounced all tradition.”

“The only authority I'm really interested in is my own.”

“No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside.”

“It's your life, not your parents', and it's your choice.”

“The ability to choose the time and manner of your death is the last human right.”

“We were looking for shooters. We were looking for men who could make a decision on their own, without having to check with headquarters.”

“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.”

“I want to be a free agent, not a satellite.”

“If you don't have a plan, you become part of somebody else's plan.”

“One of the advantages of being a captain is being able to ask for advice without necessarily having to take it.”

“When you take away a woman’s right to make the fundamental decision about whether to continue a pregnancy, you are taking away her ability to participate equally in the social and economic life of the nation.”

“The only death I can control is my own. And I want to be able to do that.”