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Individual Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the characters of individuals.
- A name pronounced is the recognition of the individual to whom it belongs. He who can pronounce my name aright, he can call me, and…
- Politics is the gizzard of society, full of grit and gravel, and the two political parties are its opposite halves - sometimes split into quarters…
- Is it not possible that an individual may be right and a government wrong? Are laws to be enforced simply because they were made? Or…
- The very willow-rows lopped every three years for fuel or powder, - and every sizable pine and oak, or other forest tree, cut down within…
- It would be worth the while if in each town there were a committee appointed to see that the beauty of the town received no…
- What we want is not mainly to colonize Nebraska with free men, but to colonize Massachusetts with free men-to be free ourselves. As the enterprise…
- Nations! What are nations? Tartars! and Huns! and Chinamen! Like insects they swarm. The historian strives in vain to make them memorable. It is for…
- Action from principle, the perception and the performance of right, changes things and relations; it is essentially revolutionary, and does not consist wholly with anything…
- There will never be a really free and enlightened state until the state comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from…
- Whatever the human law may be, neither an individual nor a nation can commit the least act of injustice against the obscurest individual without having…
- It is only by striving for beauty and love In all our relationships, That we can hope to become Guardians of our individual and collective…
More Individual Quotes
- Minority is about being an individual. It's like you have to sift through the darkness to find your place and be that… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core… — Isaac Asimov
- Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and… — David Attenborough
- Younger people have greatest fears. Why is that? Because they don't know the plot. They don't know their own individual plot... they… — Margaret Atwood
- Indian religion has always felt that since the minds, the temperaments and the intellectual affinities of men are unlimited in their variety,… — Sri Aurobindo
- For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind all peace is ultimately the peaceful individual. — Irving Babbitt
- I always worked very hard against the unconstitutional individual mandate in health care. I didn't praise it. — Michele Bachmann
- The government has no business telling an individual what kind of light bulb to buy. — Michele Bachmann
- I think that the American people are curious about who a candidate is, what their background is, who their family is, what… — Michele Bachmann
- The law limits anyone from serving as president of the United States for more than eight years. And in my opinion -… — Michele Bachmann
- An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual. — Robert Baden-Powell
- A Truth is the subjective development of that which is at once both new and universal. New: that which is unforeseen by… — Alain Badiou