Personal Responsability Quotes

“Each of these bans – from marijuana to prostitution to pseudoephedrine – have had exactly the same effects: None of them have affected demand one iota, nor hampered those who wish to partake. All of them have enriched criminals and increased true crime and bloodshed. All of them have enticed millions who might not otherwise have committed crimes into participating in the lucrative black markets created by their prohibition. All have increased the danger to users or sellers of the banned product or service (and even to innocent bystanders), often to fatal levels. All have given rise to rampant corruption, overwhelmed court and prison systems, dangerously expanded governmental powers, and negated civil liberties; all have caused the waste of billions on enforcement and the loss of billions more in tax revenues. And each has admirably accomplished what it was enacted to accomplish: the redefinition of large segments of the population from citizens to criminals, thus allowing government yet another excuse to deprive them of their rights, goods and freedoms.”
― Maggie McNeill, The Essential Maggie McNeill, Volume I: Collected Essays from "The Honest Courtesan"

“Epictetus, Greek Stoic philosopher, was born into slavery at Hierapolis, Phrygia and lived in Rome until his banishment, when he went to Nicopolis in north-western Greece for the rest of his life.

He is reputed to have said: “In the long run, every man will pay the penalty for his own misdeeds. The man who remembers this will be angry with no one, indignant with no
one, revile no one, blame no one, offend no one, hate no one.”

His teachings were written down and published by his pupil Arrian in his Discourses and Enchiridion.

The message from Epictetus, who departed this Earth in 135 AD, is that taking personal responsibility seriously was just as relevant then as it is now!”
― Roger Macdonald Andrew