The philosophy commonly called individualism is a philosophy of social cooperation and the progressive intensification of the social nexus. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Standardization of our educational systems is apt to stamp out individualism and defeat the very ends of education by leveling the product… — Harvey Cushing Copy Share Image
I think Americans generally are not used to working very hard, in terms of working for the collective. I think in our… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“Love breaks the hold of individualism; it builds new communities out of the ashes of broken and fragmented relationships.” — Edward T. Welch Copy Share Image
Perhaps the seeds of redemption lay not just in perseverance, hard work, and rugged individualism. Perhaps they lay in something more fundamental—the… — Daniel James Brown Copy Share Image
Jean's whole job is to protect Victoria. Jean is a very practical, very orderly, very disciplined person; she is the personality called… — Erika Slezak Copy Share Image
“I believe in Individualism. Find out what makes you unique and develop it. Don't run with the herd. Set yourself apart so… — Monica Koldyke Miller Copy Share Image
Individualism, the love of enterprise, and the pride in personal freedom, have been deemed by Americans not only as their choicest, but… — James Bryce Copy Share Image
In general, democracy and individualism have advanced in spite of and often against specific economic interest. Both democracy and individualism have been… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
Our individualism is rooted in our very nature. It is based on conviction born of experience. Equal opportunity, the demand for a… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
“There are no higher values, people in the West say. Live by your own instincts, for yourself, for your own pleasure... In… — Karan Mahajan Copy Share Image
If you want to be a slave in life, then continue going around asking others to do for you. They will oblige,… — Terry Goodkind Copy Share Image
They will not criminalise us, rob us of our true identity, steal our individualism, depoliticise us, churn us out as systemised, institutionalised,… — Bobby Sands Copy Share Image
All men, in the abstract, are just and good; what hinders them, in the particular, is, the momentary predominance of the finite… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Because of social pressure, individualism is rejected by most people in favor of conformity. Thus the individual relies mainly upon the actions… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In our age of individualism, we see computers as ways through which we can express our individuality. But the truth is that… — Adam Curtis Copy Share Image
“Today the individual has become the highest form, and the greatest bane, of artistic creation. The smallest wound or pain of the… — Ingmar Bergman Copy Share Image
Just recognizing and naming that many of the things we treat as historical fact are stories can help erode their power over… — Annie Leonard Copy Share Image
“The social system of capital separates most people from the conditions of existence. This compels the vast majority to accept the mediations… — Wolfi Landstreicher Individualism and Communism Copy Share Image
“We hold further that Communism is not only desirable, but that existing societies, founded on Individualism, are inevitably impelled in the direction… — Pyotr Kropotkin Copy Share Image
“My conduct with my friends is motivated: each being is, I believe, incapable on his own, of going to the end of… — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
“The authority of society is imposed not arbitrarily or officially, but naturally. And it is because of this fact that its effect… — Mikhail Bakunin 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
At the basic consumer level, the profusion of fonts appeals to a culture that celebrates expressive individualism. — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
“...for recent sociologists the dark secret at the heart of modern individualism is its failure as a mode of life...” — Lee Patterson Copy Share Image
And now I see the face of god, and I raise this god over the earth, this god whom men have sought… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Every one is expected to look out for himself here. I fancy that there would be very little rising if men were… — William Dean Howells Copy Share Image
“Ironically your greatest spiritual asset is what appears to be your greatest obstacle: your obsession with yourself. Today we live in the… — Richard Harvey Copy Share Image
In Europe the parents are included as with children. All three generations are together. I'm thinking of Italy. You go out on… — Dana Delany Copy Share Image
“Collectivists see the world the way Mr. Magoo did—as one big blur. They homogenize people in a communal blender, sacrificing the discrete… — Lawrence W. Reed Copy Share Image
When I was a kid growing up in the '60s, music was an outlet for enlightenment, frustration, rebellion. It was more about… — Joey Ramone Copy Share Image
When the purge of teacher individualism is unrestrained, eccentricity, initiative and individuality become the casualties. — Andy Hargreaves Copy Share Image
The irony is that in our decades, the combination of rationalism, asceticism, and individualism (the so-called Protestant Ethic) has produced precisely the… — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
“It’s our nature to assume that we’re important, that we’re at the center of things. Maybe we’re not. Maybe…we’re just another animal.” — Aaron B. Powell Copy Share Image
At a time when individualism is becoming an endangered species, jazz represents a celebration of the individual. — Ellis Marsalis, Jr Copy Share Image
As long as man remains an inquiring animal, there can never be a complete unanimity in our fundamental beliefs. The more diverse… — Arthur Keith Copy Share Image
Being single isn't a time to be looking for love. Use that time to work on yourself and grow as an individual. — Steve 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
“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
