Also Quote by Jefferson Davis

Self-government requires qualities of self-denial and restraint.

— John F. Kennedy

People who cannot restrain their own baser instincts, who cannot treat one another with civility, are not capable of self-government... without virtue, a society…

— Charles Colson

“If it is legitimate to kill in self-defence then it must be equally legitimate to steal in self-defence”

— Agona Apell

Self-defense is a part of the law of nature; nor can it be denied the community, even against the king himself.

— William Barclay

The principle of self-government cannot be violated with impunity. The individual's right to it is sacred - regardless of class, caste, race, color, sex…

— Susan B. Anthony

Furthermore, when citizens are all almost equal, it becomes difficult for them to defend their independence against the aggressions of power.

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal

— Jeane Kirkpatrick

If you act in the name of conscience you are stronger than any government in the world.

— Raphael Lemkin

“Arbitrary government operating by force, by terror, must destroy the best, the boldest dissenters in sheer self-defence; soon it finds itself destroying all who,…

— Edward Crankshaw

the qualifications for self-government in society are not innate. they are the result of habit and long training.

— Thomas Jefferson

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

— John Dryden

There can be no self-government without self-discipline. There can be no self-government without self-control. There can be no liberty unless it is grounded in…

— Alan Keyes