Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else

The audience wants control. They want freedom.

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

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

We want to be in control of our lives. Whether we are jungle fighters, craftsmen, company men, gamesmen, we want to be in control. And when the government erodes that control, we are not comfortable.

Life is fairer when individuals are free to make their own decisions

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

The Malagasy people must have the liberty to choose their own future.

I don't want to be president, but I want to be free to decide whether or not I want to be president of this country.

Every people should be originators of their own destiny.

If you give people an opportunity for self government and freedom, most people will reach for freedom

My freedom is more important than your good idea.

I had fought for my independence and fought for my freedom to do as I chose.

A people decides its own destiny.

I don't want anybody to dictate to America how to decide our lives.

I believe in individual freedom and right to decide how and with whom I will live my life.

Our lives are bound by physical limits, familial ties, political conditions, and geographical restrictions. Individual freedom takes us beyond them all.

But what is freedom? Freedom from what? There is nothing to take a man's freedom away from him, save other men. To be free, a man must be free of his brothers. That is freedom. That and nothing else.

No man in his senses can hesitate in choosing to be free, rather than a slave.

Liberty is its own reward.

My political philosophy as a libertarian says that government has no business intervening in any consensual private behavior. My professional ethic as a thinker and writer, however, says that self-knowledge is our ultimate responsibility

Man ultimately decides for himself! And in the end, education must be education towards the ability to decide

Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself.

Freedom means the capability to say yes when yes is needed, to say no when no is needed, and sometimes to keep quiet when nothing is needed - to be silent, not to say anything. When all these dimensions are available, there is freedom.

What we share with animals is a desire for choice. It's a desire to have control over our life and a desire to live and use choice as a way in which we can facilitate our ability to live and that is something we really were born with.