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title: "150 Self-government Quotes by 94 authors"
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> [All power is inherent in the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/all-power-is-inherent-in-the-people/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-nkrumah/we-prefer-self-government-with-danger-to-servitude-in-tranquility/)

[Kwame Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-nkrumah/)

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> [Self-denial is the test and definition of self-government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/self-denial-is-the-test-and-definition-of-self-government/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Belize is not ready for self-government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcafee/belize-is-not-ready-for-self-government/)

[John McAfee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcafee/)

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> [Self-government requires qualities of self-denial and restraint.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/self-government-requires-qualities-of-self-denial-and-restraint/)

[John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy/)

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> [“Rules, laws and codes become obsolete among the self-governed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-f-hodge/rules-laws-and-codes-become-obsolete-among-the-self-governed/)

[T.F. Hodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-f-hodge/)

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> [Self-government won't work without self-discipline.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-harvey/self-government-won-t-work-without-self-discipline/)

[Paul Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-harvey/)

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> [Self-government means self support.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/calvin-coolidge/self-government-means-self-support/)

[Calvin Coolidge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/calvin-coolidge/)

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> [To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-henry-lee/to-preserve-liberty-it-is-essential-that-the-whole-body-of-people/)

[Richard Henry Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-henry-lee/)

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> [I have very little experience of self-government. In fact, I am one of the most governed people in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prince-philip/i-have-very-little-experience-of-self-government-in-fact-i-am-one-of/)

[Prince Philip](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prince-philip/)

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> [A people morally and intellectually equal to self-government must also be equal in self-defence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jefferson-davis/a-people-morally-and-intellectually-equal-to-self-government-must/)

[Jefferson Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jefferson-davis/)

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> [We can't have self-government without the self-confidence that is at the root of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-roddick/we-can-t-have-self-government-without-the-self-confidence-that-is-at/)

[Anita Roddick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-roddick/)

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> [The present generation has the same right of self-government which the past one has exercised for itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-present-generation-has-the-same-right-of-self-government-which/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [ANARCHY, or the government of each man by himself or as the English say, self -government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-joseph-proudhon/anarchy-or-the-government-of-each-man-by-himself-or-as-the-english/)

[Pierre-Joseph Proudhon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-joseph-proudhon/)

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> [What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/what-is-government-itself-but-the-greatest-of-all-reflections-on-2/)

[James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-madison/)

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> [Iranians hate Arabs. They're a fairly well-educated population and they have centuries of experience with self-government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ledeen/iranians-hate-arabs-they-re-a-fairly-well-educated-population-and/)

[Michael Ledeen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ledeen/)

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> [None of this is fair to you. And should it continue, it will make it more difficult to keep attracting the kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/none-of-this-is-fair-to-you-and-should-it-continue-it-will-make-it/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [For better or worse, man is the tool-using animal, and as such he has become the lord of creation. When he is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ralph-inge/for-better-or-worse-man-is-the-tool-using-animal-and-as-such-he-has/)

[William Ralph Inge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ralph-inge/)

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> [When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/when-the-white-man-governs-himself-that-is-self-government-but-when/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [Peoples nurtured on freedom and self-government judge any other form of polity to be deformed and unnatural. Those who are used to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/peoples-nurtured-on-freedom-and-self-government-judge-any-other-form/)

[Michel de Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-de-montaigne/)

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> [If we cannot count on ourselves to do the right thing how can we count on anyone or anything else? Self-government won't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-harvey/if-we-cannot-count-on-ourselves-to-do-the-right-thing-how-can-we/)

[Paul Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-harvey/)

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> [The basis of self-government and freedom requires the development of character and self-restraint and perseverance and the long view. And these are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/the-basis-of-self-government-and-freedom-requires-the-development-of/)

[John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy/)

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> [The war...must go on till the last man of this generation falls in his tracks...unless you acknowledge our right to self-government. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jefferson-davis/the-war-must-go-on-till-the-last-man-of-this-generation-falls-in-his/)

[Jefferson Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jefferson-davis/)

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> [I have so much confidence in the good sense of man, and his qualifications for self-government, that I am never afraid of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-have-so-much-confidence-in-the-good-sense-of-man-and-his/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [A really intelligent nation might be held together by far stronger forces than are derived from the purely gregarious instincts. A nation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-galton/a-really-intelligent-nation-might-be-held-together-by-far-stronger/)

[Francis Galton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-galton/)

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> [Keep steady in the view of the great principles for which you contend. The safety of your homes and the lives of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-lee/keep-steady-in-the-view-of-the-great-principles-for-which-you-contend/)

[Robert E. Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-lee/)

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> [China is a country with a record of continuous self-government going back 4,000 years, the only society that has achieved this. One…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-a-kissinger/china-is-a-country-with-a-record-of-continuous-self-government-going/)

[Henry A. Kissinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-a-kissinger/)

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> [ May \[our Declaration of Independence\] be to the world, what I believe it will be (to some parts sooner, to others later,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/may-our-declaration-of-independence-be-to-the-world-what-i-believe-it/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [Every man, and every body of men on earth, possesses the right of self-government. They receive it with their being from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/every-man-and-every-body-of-men-on-earth-possesses-the-right-of-self/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [Near eighty years ago we began by declaring that all men are created equal; but now from that beginning we have run…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/near-eighty-years-ago-we-began-by-declaring-that-all-men-are-created/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [He became another data point in the American experiment of self-government, an experiment statistically skewed from the outset, because it wasn't the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-franzen/he-became-another-data-point-in-the-american-experiment-of-self/)

[Jonathan Franzen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-franzen/)

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> [We Americans think we enjoy self-government. We have all the trappings of self-government, like elections. But in reality, we have gradually lost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-colson/we-americans-think-we-enjoy-self-government-we-have-all-the-trappings/)

[Charles Colson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-colson/)

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> [The basis for building a Christian society is evangelism and missions that lead to a widespread Christian revival, so that the great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-north/the-basis-for-building-a-christian-society-is-evangelism-and-missions/)

[Gary North](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-north/)

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> [Brandon McCaw did a portrait on a start ofhe period was marked by an astonishing breadth and vitality in cultural life for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-mccaw/brandon-mccaw-did-a-portrait-on-a-start-ofhe-period-was-marked-by-an/)

[Brandon McCaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-mccaw/)

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> [The free-trade idea, logically applied, will abolish usury; and with usury will disappear the chief bone of contention between labor and capital.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-heywood/the-free-trade-idea-logically-applied-will-abolish-usury-and-with/)

[Ezra Heywood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-heywood/)

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> [There are men so incorrigibly lazy that no inducement that you can offer will tempt them to work; so eaten up by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-booth/there-are-men-so-incorrigibly-lazy-that-no-inducement-that-you-can-2/)

[William Booth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-booth/)

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> [Politics is the practical exercise of the art of self-government, and somebody must attend to it if we are to have self-government;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elihu-root/politics-is-the-practical-exercise-of-the-art-of-self-government-and/)

[Elihu Root](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elihu-root/)

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> [Self-government can succeed only through an instructed electorate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-hoover/self-government-can-succeed-only-through-an-instructed-electorate/)

[Herbert Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-hoover/)

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> [Good government is no substitute for self-government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/good-government-is-no-substitute-for-self-government/)

[Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/)

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> [Local self-government…is the life-blood of liberty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lothrop-motley/local-self-government-is-the-life-blood-of-liberty/)

[John Lothrop Motley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lothrop-motley/)

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## Top authors on Self-government

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