Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.

Power is given only to him who dares to stoop and take it ... one must have the courage to dare.

There are people," he said, "who give, and there are people who take. There are people who create, people who destroy, and people who don't do anything and drive the other two kinds crazy. It's born in you, whether you give or take, and that's the way you are.

A true man does what he will, not what he must.

Stand up and take your dissonance like a man.

Men who feel themselves strong enough to decide for themselves what is best for themselves, and not just to be told what is best for others.

Nobody can give you freedom, nobody can give you equality or justice. If you are a man, you take it.

A man is not independent unless he has the courage to stand alone.

It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.

Man exists for his own sake and not to add a laborer to the state.

Bernie is a taker, not a maker

we don't belong to each other: he's an independent, and so am I.

When the fight begins within himself, a man's worth something.

It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another. Since