Judy Blume Quotes

The sanctity of a woman's right to control her own destiny is a moral force of its own... I came to realize that the question of choice is to be answered, not by the state, but by the individual.

I do have the freedom to choose what I want to do and I'll continue to do that.

Every man is by … natural right, the master of his own thoughts

You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.

It is not necessary to accept the choices handed down to you by life as you know it.

If everyting's the same, then there aren't any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things!" (Jonas) "It's the choosing that's imortant, isn't it?" The Giver asked him.

I am a believer in free will. If my dog chooses to hate the whole human race except myself, it must be free to do so.

Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from.

I wanted to use my possibility to be an individual, and I suppose I have, no?

Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.

This is a free country, and to each their own.

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

The free way of life proposes ends, but it does not prescribe means.

You can wear whatever, be whatever, do whatever you want.

I believe in the freedom of choice in both life and death.

If I decide I want to go canoeing, I've got a canoe. If I want to take my dog with me, nobody tells me I can't do it. If I want to go skinny dipping and wash my body, I can take my clothes off.

Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give.

Happiness is the freedom of choice. The freedom to choose where to live, what to do, what to buy, what to sell, from whom, to whom, when and how.

I think people should be able to do what they want to do.

Isn't allowing people a choice what America is all about?

You may choose your mate, but you cannot deny someone else the right to choose their mate.

I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not. I'm really confused now.

A couple years ago, the novelist Russell Banks told me he was reading the ancient Greek historian Herodotus. I asked why. He said, 'Because I've always wanted to and am tired of having my reading assigned.' I thought it was a marvelous declaration of independence.

A necessary corollary of giving individuals freedom to choose how to conduct their lives is acceptance of the fact that different individuals will make different choices.

Intellect annuls fate. So far as a man thinks, he is free.