Self Determination Quotes

"I believe in the value of hard work and setting your own course" "I am not a person to be pressured by anyone or any nation" "Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice" "I think people should be allowed to do anything they want. We haven't tried that for a while. Maybe this time it'll work." "The essence of independence is to be able to do something for one’s self." "I am not a bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will" "I need not wait for I have the power to choose my own destiny." "Either define the moment or the moment will define you." "A people free to choose will always choose peace" "A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him." "Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you. You must travel it by yourself." "Freedom – to walk free and own no superior." "Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign." "Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - to his personal responsibility." "The capacity for self-government and the determination to protect their own liberties must resist usurpations as well as avoid making them " "There is just one life for each of us: our own" "The wisest men follow their own direction" "Staying stupid. Staying poor. Staying stuck. These are all choices." "Deep within us is the ability to change our lives and control our future." "In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved"