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title: "Best Self-government Sayings"
description: "Browse 150 Self-government quotes by 94 authors. Discover the best Self-government sayings and thoughts."
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> [Men should do their actual living and working in communities small enough to permit of genuine self-government and the assumption of personal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/men-should-do-their-actual-living-and-working-in-communities-small/)

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

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> [I now proceed to demonstrate that the Mexicans are wholly incapable of self-government, and that our liberties, our fortunes and our lives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-wharton/i-now-proceed-to-demonstrate-that-the-mexicans-are-wholly-incapable/)

[William H. Wharton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-h-wharton/)

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> [We exist, and are quoted, as standing proofs that a government, so modeled as to rest continually on the will of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/we-exist-and-are-quoted-as-standing-proofs-that-a-government-so/)

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

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> [“Americans became so thoroughly democratic that much of the period's political activity, beginning with the Constitution, was diverted to finding means and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-s-wood/americans-became-so-thoroughly-democratic-that-much-of-the-period-s/)

[Gordon S. Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-s-wood/)

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> [The rights of the people to the exercise and fruits of their own industry can never be protected against the selfishness of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-rights-of-the-people-to-the-exercise-and-fruits-of-their-own/)

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

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> [By contrast, China is a repressive regime that denies its citizens the essential freedoms of religion, political dissent and representative self-government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-akin/by-contrast-china-is-a-repressive-regime-that-denies-its-citizens-the/)

[Todd Akin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-akin/)

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> [Our forefathers found the evils of free thinking more to be endured than the evils of inquest or suppression. This is because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-h-jackson/our-forefathers-found-the-evils-of-free-thinking-more-to-be-endured/)

[Robert H. Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-h-jackson/)

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> [It is the function of God Rama to destroy evil, wherever it occurs and it is equally the function of God Rama…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/it-is-the-function-of-god-rama-to-destroy-evil-wherever-it-occurs-and/)

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

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> [I think it's time we ask ourselves if we still know the freedoms that were intended for us by the Founding Fathers...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/i-think-it-s-time-we-ask-ourselves-if-we-still-know-the-freedoms-that/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [We insist on producing a farm surplus, but think the government should find a profitable market for it. We overindulge in speculation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/calvin-coolidge/we-insist-on-producing-a-farm-surplus-but-think-the-government-should/)

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

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> [The people cannot look to legislation generally for success. Industry, thrift, character, are not conferred by act or resolve. Government cannot relieve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/calvin-coolidge/the-people-cannot-look-to-legislation-generally-for-success-industry/)

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

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> [India was the motherland of our race, and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages: she was the mother of our philosophy; mother,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-durant/india-was-the-motherland-of-our-race-and-sanskrit-the-mother-of/)

[Will Durant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-durant/)

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> [Last evening attended Croghan Lodge International Order of Odd Fellows. Election of officers. Chosen Noble Grand. These social organizations have a number…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutherford-b-hayes/last-evening-attended-croghan-lodge-international-order-of-odd/)

[Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutherford-b-hayes/)

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> [In ancient China, self-government was highly developed both in community life and in personal life. The custom of mutual protection and assistance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chiang-kai-shek/in-ancient-china-self-government-was-highly-developed-both-in/)

[Chiang Kai-shek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chiang-kai-shek/)

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> [An enlightened citizenry is indispensable for the proper functioning of a republic. Self-government is not possible unless the citizens are educated sufficiently…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/an-enlightened-citizenry-is-indispensable-for-the-proper-functioning/)

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

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> [In my opinion, Chief Justice Roberts put it best during his recent confirmation hearings. And he said, and I quote, "The framers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-dewine/in-my-opinion-chief-justice-roberts-put-it-best-during-his-recent/)

[Mike DeWine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-dewine/)

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> [Effective self-government cannot succeed unless the people are immersed in a steady, robust, unimpeded, and uncensored flow of opinion and reporting which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-o-douglas/effective-self-government-cannot-succeed-unless-the-people-are/)

[William O. Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-o-douglas/)

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> [The necessity for external government to man is in an inverse ratio to the vigor of his self-government. Where the last is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-taylor-coleridge/the-necessity-for-external-government-to-man-is-in-an-inverse-ratio/)

[Samuel Taylor Coleridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-taylor-coleridge/)

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> [I have a job to pay attention. It is my number one duty as a human being - to earn an experiment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nugent/i-have-a-job-to-pay-attention-it-is-my-number-one-duty-as-a-human/)

[Ted Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nugent/)

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> [That future depends on the values of self-government, our sense of duty, loyalty, self-confidence and regard for the common good. We are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-miller/that-future-depends-on-the-values-of-self-government-our-sense-of/)

[Jeff Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-miller/)

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> [Self-government by the whole people is the teleologic idea. The republican form of government is the noblest and the best, as it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/self-government-by-the-whole-people-is-the-teleologic-idea-the/)

[Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/)

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> [The master not only governs the slave without his consent, but he governs him by a set of rules altogether different from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/the-master-not-only-governs-the-slave-without-his-consent-but-he/)

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

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> [I rejoice when I hear of young men of virtue and talents, worthy to receive and likely to preserve the splendid inheritance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-rejoice-when-i-hear-of-young-men-of-virtue-and-talents-worthy-to/)

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

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> [If we are to give the people of China complete self-government we must first solve the problem of livelihood for all, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chiang-kai-shek/if-we-are-to-give-the-people-of-china-complete-self-government-we/)

[Chiang Kai-shek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chiang-kai-shek/)

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> [I am a political animal, because for God's sakes I think "We The People" is a job. I think experienced self government…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nugent/i-am-a-political-animal-because-for-god-s-sakes-i-think-we-the-people/)

[Ted Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nugent/)

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> [We have pledged ourselves, and of this the United Nations of the world are witness, to give the fullest opportunity for attainment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stafford-cripps/we-have-pledged-ourselves-and-of-this-the-united-nations-of-the-world/)

[Stafford Cripps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stafford-cripps/)

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> [If the new government rejects our urgent appeal, we will, next year, in solidarity with our people, intensify our struggle for self-determination,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/velupillai-prabhakaran/if-the-new-government-rejects-our-urgent-appeal-we-will-next-year-in/)

[Velupillai Prabhakaran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/velupillai-prabhakaran/)

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> [No one, I hope, can doubt my wish to see... all mankind exercising self-government, and capable of exercising it. But the question…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/no-one-i-hope-can-doubt-my-wish-to-see-all-mankind-exercising-self/)

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

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> [People who cannot restrain their own baser instincts, who cannot treat one another with civility, are not capable of self-government... without virtue,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-colson/people-who-cannot-restrain-their-own-baser-instincts-who-cannot-treat/)

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

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> [We act not for ourselves but for the whole human race. The event of our experiment is to show whether man can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/we-act-not-for-ourselves-but-for-the-whole-human-race-the-event-of/)

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

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> [A system of limitless individual choices, with respect to communications, is not necessarily in the interest of citizenship and self-government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cass-sunstein/a-system-of-limitless-individual-choices-with-respect-to/)

[Cass Sunstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cass-sunstein/)

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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/)

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

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> [When I talk about self-management, self-regulation, self-government, the word I emphasize is self, and my concern is with the reconstruction of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-bookchin/when-i-talk-about-self-management-self-regulation-self-government-the/)

[Murray Bookchin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-bookchin/)

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> [In historical and constitutional terms, the recent political status vote in Puerto Rico was a necessary but obviously not decisive step on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-thornburgh/in-historical-and-constitutional-terms-the-recent-political-status/)

[Dick Thornburgh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-thornburgh/)

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> [ \[We should be\] determined... to sever ourselves from the union we so much value rather than give up the rights of self-government...… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/we-should-be-determined-to-sever-ourselves-from-the-union-we-so-much/)

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

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> [We spoke and acted as if, given the opportunity for self-government, we would quickly create utopias. Instead injustice, even tyranny, is rampant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julius-nyerere/we-spoke-and-acted-as-if-given-the-opportunity-for-self-government-we/)

[Julius Nyerere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julius-nyerere/)

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> [The tendencies of the times favor the idea of self-government, and leave the individual, for all code, to the rewards and penalties…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-tendencies-of-the-times-favor-the-idea-of-self-government-and/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [It is not yet too late for the Indian people to decide on rapid, ordered progress. I can assure them that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stafford-cripps/it-is-not-yet-too-late-for-the-indian-people-to-decide-on-rapid/)

[Stafford Cripps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stafford-cripps/)

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> [We demand entire freedom of action and then expect the government in some miraculous way to save us from the consequences of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/calvin-coolidge/we-demand-entire-freedom-of-action-and-then-expect-the-government-in/)

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

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> [A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/a-dependence-on-the-people-is-no-doubt-the-primary-control-on-the/)

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

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## Top authors on Self-government

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