If you truly want to be respected by people you love, you must prove to them that you can survive without them.

~ Michael Bassey Johnson

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You made me laugh at your jokes.You made me cry at your criticism.You made me shout at your lies.Then I noticed how in every case someone else was present, hearing you without laughter or tears or anger.I alone reacted.I see now; you never made me laugh or cry or rage.I chose to find humor.I chose to take offense.I chose to feel scorned.The truth is, you never had power over me.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

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Do not seek to rule any man other than yourself.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

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It is a truth widely recognized that tyranny stems from the consent of the governed as much as democracy does.

~ Eric Robert Morse

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