Eli Pariser Quotes

And I would argue the second greatest force in the universe is ownership.

What I have in my power, that is my own. So long as I assert myself as holder, I am the proprietor of the thing.

In this world, I call the shots and I think I know best.

One thing I want you to understand is if I make a decision, it's my decision.

I'm no one's lap dog, you can't put me on a leash.

I don't like people telling me what to do. I'm very independent.

Not by the forces of civil war can you govern the very weakest woman. You can kill that woman, but she escapes you then; you cannot govern her. No power on earth can govern a human being, however feeble, who withholds his or her consent.

People demand freedom only when they have no power.

Let me tell you, I am nobody's puppet.

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

No, I don't tolerate pressure from anyone about anything.

Freedom cannot be given... It can only be taken away.

The use of force to liberate people is very different from the use of force to suppress or control them, or even to defeat them.

Moral principles of liberty that endow a person with the right to claim and acquire property at the same time oblige that person to respect every other person’s equal right to do the same.

Now the power is in your hands!

I like to do research. It gives me a sense of ownership. That's very powerful for me as an actor to just own it.

You can't count on things happening if you're not in control of them happening.

I care about people, but if they try to control me, I don't care about them.

Drag was always looked at as a stepchild, and I wasn't willing to sit at the kid's table anymore so I took what's mine. You can't depend on other people to give you what you want; you have to take it.

Nobody can shut the door in your face if you own the door.

I like to be in control.

I'm never going to let someone else tell me what I can and can't do.

No one can tell me what to do.

I'm not here to be a puppet, if you will.

Let me be clear. Last I was aware you were neither my husband nor my father nor my King. Therefore, any control you may imagine you hold over me is just that- imaginary