Self Determination Quotes

99 quotes by 88 authors

Self-determination, the autonomy of the individual, asserts itself in the right to race his automobile, to handle his power tools, to buy a gun, to… — Herbert Marcuse
In the course of his long, turbulent career, W. E. B. Du Bois attempted virtually every possible solution to the problem of twentieth-century racism...scholarship, propaganda,… — David Levering Lewis
Self-ruled Taiwan cannot be expected to accept such an affront to the legitimacy of its government and the self-determination of the Taiwanese people. — Todd Akin
If the new government rejects our urgent appeal, we will, next year, in solidarity with our people, intensify our struggle for self-determination, our struggle for… — Velupillai Prabhakaran
I am committed to furthering the self-determination of Indian communities but without terminating the special relationship between the Federal Government and the Indian people. I… — Gerald R. Ford
My idea of feminism is self-determination, and it's very open-ended: every woman has the right to become herself, and do whatever she needs to do. — Ani DiFranco
Equality and self-determination should never be divided in the name of religious or ideological fervor. — Rita Dove
When you create more small businesses, you create small entrepreneurship. Out of that comes self-determination and employment. — Jesse Jackson
We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age of mass extermination. — John F. Kennedy
If you don't have liberty and self-determination, you've got nothing, that's what this is what this country is built on. And this is the ultimate… — Jack Kevorkian
Why should I care what other people think of me? I am who I am. And who I wanna be. — Avril Lavigne
I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be. — Abraham Lincoln
There are both things in international law: the principle of territorial integrity and right to self-determination. — Vladimir Putin
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are… — Eleanor Roosevelt
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us. — Virginia Satir
Now that the there is a path for the people of Puerto Rico to express their self-determination on Puerto Rico's political status, there are some… — Dick Thornburgh
Control your own destiny or someone else will. — Jack Welch
I change myself, I change the world. — Gloria E. AnzaldÃºa
To go wrong in one's own way is better then to go right in someone else's. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim. — Nora Ephron

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