Quotes about Autonomy
. . . Government should do only those things the people cannot do for themselves.
— Ronald Reagan
Good government is no substitute for self-government.
— Mahatma Gandhi
Nations crumble from within when the citizenry asks of government those things which the citizenry might better provide for itself.
— Ronald Reagan
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
— Abraham Lincoln
Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself.
— Publilius Syrus
Surely there is a time to submit to guidance and a time to take one's own way at all hazards.
— Thomas Henry Huxley
Your happiness depends on you alone.
— Aristotle
You're not RESPONSIBLE for somebody else's happiness. You're responsible for your own HAPPINESS.
— Joel Osteen
Don't depend on other people as the source of your happiness or for approval.
— Joyce Meyer
Health, power, riches, possessions and honor can be snatched from you, but your will is irrevocably your own.
— Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
This is about respect for women, the judgments that women make and their doctors about their reproductive health. It's an important part of who women are, their reproductive health.
— Barack Obama
There is no use whatsoever in trying to help people who do not help themselves.
— Andrew Carnegie