Conformity Quote by Ambrose Bierce Download Open image “The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.” — Ambrose Bierce ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Conformity Degrees Democracy Distinction Rewards
Democracies are notorious for a tendency to obey the feelings rather than the mind; thus the nature of democracies often makes itdifficult to conclude… — Amos Elon Copy Share Image
Democracies, unlike dictatorships, are forgiving and generous, but they cannot survive unless they fight. — Jalal Talabani Copy Share Image
You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists. — Abbie Hoffman Copy Share Image
The strongest democracies flourish from frequent and lively debate, but they endure when people of every background and belief find a way to set… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The highest measure of democracy is neither the 'extent of freedom' nor the 'extent of equality', but rather the highest measure of participation. — Alain de Benoist Copy Share Image
In a world of democracies, the most deserving basis of national differences is that the different states of the world should represent a form… — Roberto Unger Copy Share Image
Democracy has two excesses to avoid: the spirit of inequality, which leads to an aristocracy, or to the government of a single individual; and… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Democracy, like any non-coercive relationship, rests on a shared understanding of limits. — Elizabeth Drew Copy Share Image
Our form of government does not enter into rivalry with the institutions of others. Our government does not copy our neighbors', but is an… — Pericles Copy Share Image
Democracy, if it is reasonable, limits itself to giving everyone an equal opportunity to compete and to obtain. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
OBSESSED, p.p. Vexed by an evil spirit, like the Gadarene swine and other critics. Obsession was once more common than it is now. Arasthus… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
DECIDE, v.i. To succumb to the preponderance of one set of influences over another set. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
IMMORAL, adj. Inexpedient. Whatever in the long run and with regard to the greater number of instances men find to be generally inexpedient comes… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
REVIEW, v.t. To set your wisdom (holding not a doubt of it./ Although in truth there's neither bone nor skin to it)/ At work… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
CLOCK, n. A machine of great moral value to man, allaying his concern for the future by reminding him what a lot of time… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
RUBBISH, n. Worthless matter, such as the religions, philosophies, literatures, arts and sciences of the tribes infesting the regions lying due south from Boreaplas. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
There was never a genius who was not thought a fool until he disclosed himself; whereas he is a fool then only. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
WHANGDEPOOTENAWAH, n. In the Ojibwa tongue, disaster; an unexpected affliction that strikes hard. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
RIDICULE, n. Words designed to show that the person of whom they are uttered is devoid of the dignity of character distinguishing him who… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned by a… — Alexander Supertramp Chris McCandless Copy Share Image
“All to often, on the long road up, young leaders become servants of what is rather than shapers of what might be.” — John Gardner Copy Share Image
No shepherd and one herd! Everybody wants the same, everybody is the same: whoever feels different goes voluntarily into a madhouse. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
A self is a frightening thing to waste, it's the lens through which one's whole life is viewed, and few people are willing to… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
Ideation is not a synonym for innovation, conformity is not its simple antonym, and innovation is not the automatic consequence of "creative thinking.". — Theodore Levitt Copy Share Image
“I lead with the knowingness that my reality conforms to my wishes and desires instantly.” — Robin S. Baker Copy Share Image
Alas, everything that men say to one another is alike; the ideas they exchange are almost always the same, in their conversation. But inside… — Alfred de Musset Copy Share Image
The search for truth is a cooperative, unending endeavor. We can, and should, engage in it to the extent we can and encourage others… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Seeds have the power to preserve species, to enhance cultural as well as genetic diversity, to counter economic monopoly and to check the advance… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
Officers conditioned to conformity in peacetime cannot be expected to behave boldly and flexibly in combat. — Paul Yingling Copy Share Image
The more civilized a nation, the more conformed its population, until that civilization's last age arrives, when multiplicity wages war with conformity. The former… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
