Gavin Newsom Quotes

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

I don't believe in politics. I'm an anarchist, I guess you could say. I think people could be just fine looking after themselves.

Every people should be originators of their own destiny.

You came out of your mother’s belly without government. You have lived so far without the help of government …. How many people in this world live without government, yet do well enough, and are well looked upon?

Good government can be no substitute for self-government.

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.

All things being equal, letting people make decisions for themselves will produce smarter outcomes, collectively, than relying on government planners.

Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves.

Can't nothing make your life work if you ain't the architect.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

South Carolinians are strong, independently-minded people. At the end of the day, they make their own decisions. And I respect them for that. And I welcome that. And I told him that from the very beginning.

Government is to point you in the right direction, and not to do everything for you.

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.

If I am to truly become an autonomous woman, then I must take over that role of being my own guardian.

Liberty is not merely a privilege to be conferred; it is a habit to be acquired.

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.

We've really got to stop looking to Washington to fix our problems. It obviously doesn't have the ability to do that. People who are successful are not successful because of the president.

Whatever I do, it's my business. It's not my job to parent America.

Sometimes people need a kick in the pants to get them to do what they would be doing if government weren't there as a perpetual parent.

There's broad recognition that you really have to put the money where people are going to self-manage.

Primarily, we need to change 100 years of thinking, where we try to extend the promise of American life by moving things to Washington, and let's move it the other way: less of Washington, more from ourselves.

The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.

Before, Indian people had been so defeated, they were always looking for outsiders, for the government, to somehow come in and fix things. But now, they seem to realize that they're the only ones who can save themselves.

The bottom line is to be in control of your own destiny.