--- title: "Best Self-government Quotations" description: "Browse 150 Self-government quotes by 94 authors. Discover the best Self-government sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d6/clinton-rossiter-33874_character_there-is-no-happiness-without-liberty-no_2493138.jpg" --- > [There is "no happiness without liberty, no liberty without self-government, no self-government without constitutionalism, no constitutionalism without morality--and none of these great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clinton-rossiter/there-is-no-happiness-without-liberty-no-liberty-without-self/) [Clinton Rossiter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clinton-rossiter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d6/clinton-rossiter-33874_character_there-is-no-happiness-without-liberty-no_2493138.jpg) > [No method of procedure has ever been devised by which liberty could be divorced from local self-government. No plan of centralization has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/calvin-coolidge/no-method-of-procedure-has-ever-been-devised-by-which-liberty-could/) [Calvin Coolidge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/calvin-coolidge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b86/calvin-coolidge-764_adopted_no-method-of-procedure-has-ever-been-dev_845773.jpg) > [We are in a degenerate state of self-government. In fact, even to use the words self-government, is not only an exaggeration, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-brown/we-are-in-a-degenerate-state-of-self-government-in-fact-even-to-use/) [Jerry Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bb/jerry-brown-7257_bigs_we-are-in-a-degenerate-state-of-self-gov_764935.jpg) > [“Our greatest duty to our children is to love them first.  Secondly, it is to teach them.  Not to frighten, force, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-e-goodrich/our-greatest-duty-to-our-children-is-to-love-them-first-secondly-it/) [Richelle E. Goodrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-e-goodrich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94a/richelle-e-goodrich-180_child_our-greatest-duty-to-our-children-is-to_2706600.jpg) > [Self government is our right, a thing born to us at birth a thing no more to be doled out to us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-casement/self-government-is-our-right-a-thing-born-to-us-at-birth-a-thing-no/) [Roger Casement](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-casement/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a5/roger-casement-53401_birth_self-government-is-our-right-a-thing-bor_3080495.jpg) > [Russian democracy is the power of the Russian people with their own traditions of national self-government, and not the realisation of standards…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/russian-democracy-is-the-power-of-the-russian-people-with-their-own/) [Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/197/vladimir-putin-261_democracy_russian-democracy-is-the-power-of-the-ru_2769905.jpg) > [I deem no government safe which is under the vassalage of any self-constituted authorities, or any other authority than that of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-deem-no-government-safe-which-is-under-the-vassalage-of-any-self/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f55/thomas-jefferson-43_authority_i-deem-no-government-safe-which-is-under_354067.jpg) > [The creative project of self-government - hard and frustrating but necessary - is to produce that political commonwealth that changes over time,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-pierce/the-creative-project-of-self-government-hard-and-frustrating-but/) [Charlie Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-pierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f8/charlie-pierce-13624_change_the-creative-project-of-self-government_2345943.jpg) > [Our Founding Fathers deliberately used the Bible as their guide. They tried to ensure that schools, likewise, use the Bible to teach…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-s-wheeler/our-founding-fathers-deliberately-used-the-bible-as-their-guide-they/) Richard S. Wheeler [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f82/richard-s-wheeler-87306_arches_our-founding-fathers-deliberately-used-t_1163238.jpg) > [Tax time approaches, and Americans are as always paying H & R Block billions to help them save some of their wealth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-sobran/tax-time-approaches-and-americans-are-as-always-paying-h-r-block/) [Joseph Sobran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-sobran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56d/joseph-sobran-6902_approach_tax-time-approaches-and-americans-are-as_871492.jpg) > [If the layman cannot participate in decision making, he will have to turn himself over, essentially blind, to a hermetic elite. ...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-holton/if-the-layman-cannot-participate-in-decision-making-he-will-have-to/) [Gerald Holton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-holton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/368/gerald-holton-46138_benevolent_if-the-layman-cannot-participate-in-deci_1394613.png) > [It has also been a great solace to me, to believe that you are engaged in vindicating to posterity the course we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/it-has-also-been-a-great-solace-to-me-to-believe-that-you-are-engaged/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a95/thomas-jefferson-43_administration_it-has-also-been-a-great-solace-to-me-to_2580882.jpg) > [There is a reason why conservatives talk about 'government' and not 'self-government,' because to refer to the latter is to concede that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-pierce/there-is-a-reason-why-conservatives-talk-about-government-and-not/) [Charlie Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-pierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/074/charlie-pierce-13624_about_there-is-a-reason-why-conservatives-talk_1420167.jpg) > [It behooves our citizens to be on their guard, to be firm in their principles, and full of confidence in themselves. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-lee-boggs/it-behooves-our-citizens-to-be-on-their-guard-to-be-firm-in-their-2/) [Grace Lee Boggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-lee-boggs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60b/grace-lee-boggs-7776_able_it-behooves-our-citizens-to-be-on-their_2631377.png) > [ They \[the Founding Fathers\] were intent upon establishing a Christian commonwealth in accordance with the principle of self-government. They were an inspired… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/calvin-coolidge/they-the-founding-fathers-were-intent-upon-establishing-a-christian/) [Calvin Coolidge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/calvin-coolidge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/141/calvin-coolidge-764_body_they-the-founding-fathers-were-intent-up_337118.jpg) > [I went down on my knees and prayed to Almighty God for light and guidance and one night late it came to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mckinley/i-went-down-on-my-knees-and-prayed-to-almighty-god-for-light-and/) [William McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mckinley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f31/william-mckinley-15533_almighty_i-went-down-on-my-knees-and-prayed-to-al_471467.jpg) > [Meiklejohn's position is that free speech in a democracy is not an absolute flowing from the boundless source of some presumed 'natural…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lerner/meiklejohn-s-position-is-that-free-speech-in-a-democracy-is-not-an/) [Max Lerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lerner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f02/max-lerner-9870_absolutes_meiklejohn-s-position-is-that-free-speec_3165515.jpg) > [The Constitution of the United States, for instance, is a marvelous document for self-government by the Christian people. But the minute you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-robertson/the-constitution-of-the-united-states-for-instance-is-a-marvelous/) [Pat Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-robertson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b32/pat-robertson-1972_agnosticism_the-constitution-of-the-united-states-fo_2510855.png) > [Having labored faithfully in establishing the right of self-government, we see in the rising generation, into whose hands it is passing, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/having-labored-faithfully-in-establishing-the-right-of-self/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a9/thomas-jefferson-43_character_having-labored-faithfully-in-establishin_1983705.jpg) > [I tried all in my power to avert this war. I saw it coming, for twelve years I worked night and day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jefferson-davis/i-tried-all-in-my-power-to-avert-this-war-i-saw-it-coming-for-twelve/) [Jefferson Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jefferson-davis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/890/jefferson-davis-9399_acknowledge_i-tried-all-in-my-power-to-avert-this-wa_1812752.jpg) > [The first question that offers itself is, whether the general form and aspect of the government be strictly republican? It is evident…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/the-first-question-that-offers-itself-is-whether-the-general-form-and/) [James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-madison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b0/james-madison-373_america_the-first-question-that-offers-itself-is_1607295.png) > [“...our children must learn...to face full responsibility for their actions, to make their own choices and cope with the results...the whole democratic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eleanor-roosevelt/our-children-must-learn-to-face-full-responsibility-for-their-actions/) [Eleanor Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eleanor-roosevelt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24b/eleanor-roosevelt-381_children_our-children-must-learn-to-face-full-res_514528.jpg) > [Mr. President, passage of this bill will visit the heel of oppression on all the people, vitiate their constitutional shield against tyranny,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/strom-thurmond/mr-president-passage-of-this-bill-will-visit-the-heel-of-oppression/) [Strom Thurmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/strom-thurmond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15d/strom-thurmond-28485_best-design_mr-president-passage-of-this-bill-will-v_468083.jpg) > [They who say that women do not desire the right of suffrage, that they prefer masculine domination to self-government, falsify every page…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-cady-stanton/they-who-say-that-women-do-not-desire-the-right-of-suffrage-that-they/) [Elizabeth Cady Stanton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-cady-stanton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9b/elizabeth-cady-stanton-1574_accepting_they-who-say-that-women-do-not-desire-th_3019990.png) > [There are always those who are willing to surrender local self-government and turn over their affairs to some national authority in exchange…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/calvin-coolidge/there-are-always-those-who-are-willing-to-surrender-local-self/) [Calvin Coolidge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/calvin-coolidge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f10/calvin-coolidge-764_abuse_there-are-always-those-who-are-willing-t_1355895.jpg) > [Our Founding Fathers well understood that concentrated power is the enemy of liberty and the rights of man. They knew that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/our-founding-fathers-well-understood-that-concentrated-power-is-the/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e10/ronald-reagan-119_country_our-founding-fathers-well-understood-tha_3056639.jpg) > [Never will we be able to understand our times if we naively 'think' of this system of self Government as the work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fulton-j-sheen/never-will-we-be-able-to-understand-our-times-if-we-naively-think-of/) [Fulton J. Sheen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fulton-j-sheen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23e/fulton-j-sheen-675_able_never-will-we-be-able-to-understand-our_991925.jpg) > [What America needs is to hold to its ancient and well-charted course. Our country was conceived in the theory of local self-government.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/calvin-coolidge/what-america-needs-is-to-hold-to-its-ancient-and-well-charted-course/) [Calvin Coolidge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/calvin-coolidge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8e/calvin-coolidge-764_america_what-america-needs-is-to-hold-to-its-anc_2168217.jpg) > [ \[Short Talk on Sylvia Plath\] Did you see her mother on television? She said plain, burned things. She said I thought it… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-carson/short-talk-on-sylvia-plath-did-you-see-her-mother-on-television-she/) [Anne Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80e/anne-carson-1985_air_short-talk-on-sylvia-plath-did-you-see-h_1898642.jpg) > [To rail and rant against tyranny is to manifest inferiority, for there is no tyranny but ignorance; to be conscious of one's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-c-riegel/to-rail-and-rant-against-tyranny-is-to-manifest-inferiority-for-there/) [E.C. Riegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-c-riegel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61b/e-c-riegel-37676_accepting_to-rail-and-rant-against-tyranny-is-to-m_298765.jpg) ## Top authors on Self-government - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 25 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/self-government/thomas-jefferson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-calvin-coolidge-20665.jpg) Calvin Coolidge 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/self-government/calvin-coolidge/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/self-government/#itemlist", "name": "Self-government Quotes", "numberOfItems": 30, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is \"no happiness without liberty, no liberty without self-government, no self-government without constitutionalism, no constitutionalism without morality--and none of these great goods without stability and order.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Clinton Rossiter" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clinton-rossiter/there-is-no-happiness-without-liberty-no-liberty-without-self/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d6/clinton-rossiter-33874_character_there-is-no-happiness-without-liberty-no_2493138.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d6/clinton-rossiter-33874_character_there-is-no-happiness-without-liberty-no_2493138.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d6/clinton-rossiter-33874_character_there-is-no-happiness-without-liberty-no_2493138.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There is \"no happiness without liberty, no liberty without self-government, no self-government without…” — Clinton Rossiter", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "No method of procedure has ever been devised by which liberty could be divorced from local self-government. 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