Samuel Dash Quotes

I've always tried to keep my integrity and keep my autonomy.

Sometimes I don't want to be in the confines of what a band seems to provide.

I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine.

I have an aversion to being mislabeled. Here's a label I'd accept: I'm an 'individual.' I'm someone who can't follow, and doesn't want to lead.

The important thing for me when I look at characters is to consider the kind of constraints placed upon them. Now, me personally, I don't like to have a lot of constraints placed upon me.

My people. I have given them a sense of individuality, integrity. I have not made them slaves of any god or any religion. Nor of any holy book or any priest. I have certainly not replaced their god. They are all a part of what I call my traveling circus.

True freedom is the capacity for acting according to one's true character, to be altogether one's self, to be self-determined and not subject to outside coercion.

I do need my independence. I have to have that.

I was always my own person.

Rules are made for people who aren't willing to make up their own.

My wife needs her freedom just like me.

I was always an independent, even when I had partners.

I'm not alone, I'm free. I no longer have to be a credit, I don't have to be a symbol to anybody; I don't have to be a first to anybody.

I want to make this perfectly clear: you can be sure that I will never be a yes-man except to my own conscience.

I built my entire life on the idea of independence.

The link between my experience as an entrepreneur and that of a politician is all in one word: freedom.

I'm totally committed to the cause of individuality. That's the only thing I stand by: independence.

I always had that yearning, that hunger, to one day be independent and be my own person and build my own world. The most fulfilling thing is to live a life where you have freedom.

My children came out as individuals in their own right. They were not my products. They had their own characters and were very strong-minded. I gave them a lot of freedom when they were still very young. The one thing they got from me is morals. They would never betray anyone. They are really good people.

We don't want power, we don't want to be congressmen, bankers, we want to be ourselves.

Individuality is the aim of political liberty

In this country I am my own master and may do as I please

I object to the actual phrase 'Follow me.' You've gotta be kidding! Why would I want to follow anybody else? Nor do I want them to follow me. The machinations of my life, the banalities - they're mine. They belong to me.

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

I'm an honest person and don't lead my life on other people's terms.