Monte Melkonian Quotes

Independence can only be obtained and secured by a nation that has its spirit raging with determination: Independence or Death!

The people are their own liberators.

I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves.

Each nation has to find its own path and follow that path at its own speed.

I hope we shall never be disposed to offer to join the United States. They will display a great reluctance to take us but I believe we have a future of our own here.

I have given you independence, now go and preserve it.

Hope nothing from foreign governments. They will never be really willing to aid you until you have shown that you are strong enough to conquer without them..

Independence means we enjoy freedom. We are not colonised by people. And we can govern our own country and develop it independently so that our people can live a better life.

We stand for self-reliance. We hope for foreign aid but cannot be dependent on it; we depend on our own efforts, on the creative power of the whole army and the entire people.

Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty; it is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed.

Let sovereignty be granted us over a portion of the earth's surface large enough to satisfy our rightful requirements as a nation. The rest we shall manage for ourselves.

America was born out of a desire for self-determination, a longing for the human dignity that only independence can bring.

I mean, I never liked being told what to do. It's one of the reasons I dropped out of school.

And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness; and he will never come to utter ruin.

Whatever help we may want from the international community now or in the future, we want to make sure that this help is tailored to help our people to help themselves.

The same independence that got me into trouble in high school got me praise in college.

I'm not interested in meeting people's expectations, and I'm not interested in pleasing people.

The driving force behind doing everything that I've been doing for 11 years as a stand-up is having problems with authority and not liking to be told what to do.

I don't care what anyone says. It's my life, and I can do what I like.

I've never reacted well to other people telling me what to do.

I have to say I have never been comfortable with somebody else telling me what to do - in any way.

Argentina wouldn't exist if not for self-determination, and this can't be valid for some but not for others.

To be honest, I've always had far too much freedom. I had a job when I was 10. I started living on my own when I was 17 or 18. I've earned my own money; I've traveled the world. What would I rebel against?

I had a job when I was 10. I started living on my own when I was 17 or 18. I've earned my own money; I've traveled the world. What would I rebel against?

Before, Indian people had been so defeated, they were always looking for outsiders, for the government, to somehow come in and fix things. But now, they seem to realize that they're the only ones who can save themselves.