Quotes about Autonomy

There are two kinds of freedom: one is the freedom from something, which is a reaction; and the other is not a reaction, it is "being free."

If the will is their servant then it is not sovereign, and if the will is not sovereign, we certainly cannot predicate 'freedom' of it.

Because to take away a man's freedom of choice, even his freedom to make the wrong choice, is to manipulate him as though he were a puppet and not a person.

From this hour, freedom! Going where I like, my own master.

Today, as never before, the issue is clearly defined-liberty and freedom of choice, or oppression and subjugation for the individual and for nations.

Liberty is the only true riches: of all the rest we are at once the masters and the slaves.

The best way to progress is the path of freedom.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no ones definition of your life; Define yourself.

Before complaining that you are a slave to another, be sure that you are not a slave to self. Look within;...You will find there, perchance, slavish thoughts, slavish desires, and in your daily life and conduct slavish habits. Conquer these; cease to be a slave to self, and no man will have the power to enslave you.

Your life is the fruit of your own doing you have no one to blame but your self

You have the freedom to choose your actions, you don't have the freedom to choose the consequences of your actions

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.