Systematic philosophical and practical anti-intellectualism such as we are witnessing appears to be something truly novel in the history of human culture. — Johan Huizinga Copy Share Image
…The Unique One is the straightforward, sincere, plain-phrase. It is the end point of our phrase world, of this world in whose… — Max Stirner Copy Share Image
Individualism regards man-every man-as an independent, sovereign entity who possesses an inalienable right to his own life, a right derived from his… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
An individual is an encloser. Time and space, liberty and necessity, truth and thought, are left at large no longer. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I got the idea [for Anthem's theme] in my school days, in Soviet Russia, when I heard all the vicious attacks on… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“We Filipinos are individualistic in a different way from American individualism. Our individualism is selfish. And individualism ng Americans, iba-- iyong liberty,… — Teodoro A. Agoncillo Copy Share Image
Instead of questioning WHY someone doesn't approve of you or your choices 'Ask yourself 'Why do I need their approval in the… — Sonya Parker Copy Share Image
It is important for this country to make its people so obsessed with their own liberal individualism that they do not have… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“[Addams’s] idea was that the conflict between Pullman and his workers was analogous to the conflict between King Lear and his daughter… — Louis Menand Copy Share Image
The Democrat Party is willing to undermine whatever, if it'll get them back to power and keep them there. The Democrat Party's… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
It so happens that America, according to all the polls that are out there, is pretty progressive. So you're not going to… — Adam McKay Copy Share Image
As a myth of national purpose and as a program for individual conduct, the simple life has, in a sense, served as… — David Shi Copy Share Image
When you're not playing up to your capability, you gotta try everything, to motivate, to get them going. All of them have… — Tommy Lasorda Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be in the teeming mass of the working class.[...] I didn't want to live and die in the… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
We regard our living together not as an unfortunate mishap warranting endless competition among us but as a deliberate act of God… — Steven Biko Copy Share Image
“mix epic individualism with extreme religion; mix show business with everything else; let all that steep and simmer for a few centuries;… — Kurt Andersen Copy Share Image
“Even in the act of fleeing modern ideologies, however, literary theory reveals its often unconscious complicity with them, betraying its elitism, sexism… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
The difference between neoliberalism and fascism or Nazism or other forms of totalitarianism is that it takes questions of ideology seriously. It… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
Real success is found in radical sacrifice. Ultimate satisfaction is found not in making much of ourselves but in making much of… — David Platt Copy Share Image
“Human history is the ancient story of the umbilical conflict between a lone individual versus a cabalistic society. A love-hate relationship defines… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
I have visited sweatshops, factories, and crowded slums. If I could not see it, I could smell it. The foundation of society… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
“As long as government has the power to regulate business, business will control government by funding the candidate that legislates in their… — Mary J. Ruwart Copy Share Image
The public school system: "Usually a twelve year sentence of mind control. Crushing creativity, smashing individualism, encouraging collectivism and compromise, destroying the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Given that the nineteenth century was the century of Socialism, of Liberalism, and of Democracy, it does not necessarily follow that the… — Benito Mussolini Copy Share Image
More and more, when faced with the world of men, the only reaction is one of individualism. Man alone is an end… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Great minds tend toward banality. It is the noblest effort of individualism. But it implies a sort of modesty, which is so… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
Never be afraid to be loud, be afraid to have no voice. Never be afraid of the thoughts of others, be afraid… — Jasmina Siderovski Copy Share Image
Much of the discussion about socialism and individualism is entirely pointless, because of failure to agree on terminology. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“God does not blame me for being an individual, but for my individualism. His greatest problem is not the outward divisions and… — Watchman Nee Copy Share Image
“Here is the paradox of it: the more of an individual you become the more you realize we are interrelated, that success… — James Rozoff Copy Share Image
Individualism is important - having a real voice, not just references. I have great respect for the young designers who want to… — Carla Sozzani Copy Share Image
I was born in Indiana and raised in Oregon and there's a strong sense of individualism, particularly in Oregon. And my mom… — Lisa Kennedy Montgomery Copy Share Image
a society driven mainly by selfish individualism has all the potential for sustainability of a collection of angry scorpions in a bottle. — David Ehrenfeld Copy Share Image
But society has now fairly got the better of individuality; and the danger which threatens human nature is not the excess, but… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Our social and economic system cannot march toward better days unless it is inspired by things of the Spirit. It is here… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
“iGen’ers’ drumbeats of growing up slowly, individualism, and safety all manifest themselves in their exceedingly cautious attitude toward relationships.” — Jean M. Twenge Copy Share Image
“Handschrift ist so vieles, aber ist doch nichts in einer Welt in der Schrift beinahe nur noch in Form von Pixeln existiert.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A Libertarian society of unfettered individualism spreads its benefits to virtually everyone - not just those who have the resources to seize… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
In a society in which individualism is becoming rampant, people more and more believe that they are the center of the world.… — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
“Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image