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• The advent of self-government for the Iraqi people is a watershed moment in their history. — Todd Akin
• The Constitution of the United States, for instance, is a marvelous document for self-government by the Christian people. But the minute you… — Pat Robertson
• Self-denial is the test and definition of self-government. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
• Democracy, the practice of self-government, is a covenant among free men to respect the rights and liberties of their fellows. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
• A true libertarian supports free enterprise, opposes big business; supports local self-government, opposes the nation-state; supports the National Rifle Association, opposes the… — Edward Abbey
• The necessity for external government to man is in an inverse ratio to the vigor of his self-government. Where the last is… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
• the qualifications for self-government in society are not innate. they are the result of habit and long training. — Thomas Jefferson
• Near eighty years ago we began by declaring that all men are created equal; but now from that beginning we have run… — Abraham Lincoln
• Mr. President, passage of this bill will visit the heel of oppression on all the people, vitiate their constitutional shield against tyranny,… — Strom Thurmond
• It behooves our citizens to be on their guard, to be firm in their principles, and full of confidence in themselves. We… — Thomas Jefferson
• A first attempt to recover the right of self government may fail, so may a second, a third, etc. But as a… — Thomas Jefferson
• May [our Declaration of Independence] be to the world, what I believe it will be (to some parts sooner, to others later,… — Thomas Jefferson

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