Self-Government Quotes

"Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives."

James Madison

“The principle of self-government cannot be violated with impunity. The individual's right to it is sacred, regardless of class, caste, race, colour, sex or any other accident or incident of birth.”

"The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.”