Dwight Morrow Quotes

We demand entire freedom of action and then expect the government in some miraculous way to save us from the consequences of our own acts.... Self-government means self-reliance.

Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry is own weight, this is a frightening prospect.

What government is best? That which teaches us to govern ourselves.

Good government can be no substitute for self-government.

Good government is no substitute for self-government.

If we cannot count on ourselves to do the right thing how can we count on anyone or anything else? Self-government won't work without self-discipline.

I have not much faith in "good government." What we need is the development of the individual.

We must introduce a new balance in the relationship between the individual and the government--a balance that favors greater individual freedom and self-reliance.

The necessity for external government to man is in an inverse ratio to the vigor of his self-government. Where the last is most complete, the first is least wanted. Hence, the more virtue the more liberty.

Self-government relies, in the end, on the governing of the self.

Government does best when it helps people help themselves. Human dignity is found not in a handout but in being able to do for one's self.

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self reliant enough to be free.

It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.

In a free society, government has the responsibility of protecting us from others, but not from ourselves.

No, our greatness does not come from our government.

The way I look at it, I'd rather make my own mistakes than have people make them for me.

South Dakota is a great state because of its values, not because of dependence on government.

We stand up and proudly proclaim that Washington is not our caretaker and we reject a state, in Margaret Thatcher's words, a state that takes too much from us to do too much for us.

Since no one but you can know what's best for you, government control can't make your life better.

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

Responsibility is the thing people dread most of all. Yet it is the one thing in the world that develops us, gives us manhood or womanhood fiber.

People are probably going to realize they can live with a lot less government than what they thought they needed.

Freedom comes with a lot of responsibility. When you are by yourself, you have to develop a third eye.

Freedom is our most precious commodity and if we are not eternally vigilant, government will take it all away. Individual freedom demands individual responsibility.

It was a question of helping a man prepare in the way that suits him best. The theory is if you give a man responsibility for his own actions, then it is up to him to accept that responsibility.