Self Rule Quotes

“If you truly want to be respected by people you love, you must prove to them that you can survive without them.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, The Infinity Sign

“You made me laugh at your jokes.
You made me cry at your criticism.
You made me shout at your lies.

Then I noticed how in every case someone else was present,
hearing you without laughter or tears or anger.

I alone reacted.

I see now; you never made me laugh or cry or rage.
I chose to find humor.
I chose to take offense.
I chose to feel scorned.

The truth is, you never had power over me.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year

“It is a truth widely recognized that tyranny stems from the consent of the governed as much as democracy does.”
― Eric Robert Morse, Juggernaut: Why The System Crushes The Only People Who Can Save It

“Do not seek to rule any man other than yourself.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Mary was one who possessed power over her own spirit--rare gift, given to none but those who do something toward the taking of it. She was able in no small measure to order her own thoughts. Without any theory of self-rule, she yet ruled her Self. She was not one to slip about in the saddle, or let go the reins for a kick and a plunge or two. There was the thing that should be, and the thing that should not be; the thing that was reasonable, and the thing that was absurd.”
― George MacDonald, Mary Marston

“The socialist submerging of the individual under the collective’s prerogative is a perverse and putrid vision for humanity.”
― A.E. Samaan

“He hated whining. Especially if it issued from his own lips.”
― Michael Reaves, The Last Jedi