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6324 Individual quotes by 3344 unique authors

Our civilization is locked in the grip of an ideology - corporatism. An ideology that denies and undermines the legitimacy of individuals as the citizen… — John Ralston Saul
Who then would not like to see these benefits flow upon the world from the law, as from an inexhaustible source?... But is it possible?...… — Frederic Bastiat
A tax is always a sacrifice which the government demands of individuals.While it only lessens every one's personal eÇŒoyments, it only shifts expenses from one… — Antoine Destutt de Tracy
For years I have made the point that progress in winding back economic slack is made not by high growth in any individual year, but… — Ian Macfarlane
If I've impacted on one heart, one mind, one soul, and brought to that individual a greater truth than that individual came into a relationship… — Harry Belafonte
Statements about climate trends must be based on, er, trends. Not individual events or occurrences. Weather is not climate, and anecdotes are not statistics. — Chris Mooney
The historic period in which we live is a period of reawakening to a commitment of higher values, a reawakening of individual purpose, and a… — Robert Fritz
The idea that each individual has intrinsic, God-given value and is of infinite worth quite apart from any social contribution - an idea most pagans… — Elaine Pagels
For our democracy has been marred by imperialism, and it has been enlightened only by individual and sporadic efforts at freedom. — Pearl S. Buck
Tyranny seldom announces itself...In fact, a tyranny may exist without an individual tyrant. A whole government, even a democratically elected one, may be tyrannical. — Joseph Sobran
The present representative of the Dedlocks is an excellent master.He supposes all his dependents to be utterly bereft of individual characters, intentions or opinions, and… — Charles Dickens
If the equality of individuals and the dignity of man be myths, they are myths to which the republic is committed. — Howard Mumford Jones
Every single life only becomes great when the individual sets upon a goal or goals which they really believe in, which they can really commit… — Brian Tracy
We must understand the role of human rights as empowering of individuals and communities. By protecting these rights, we can help prevent the many conflicts… — Mary Robinson
Human rights means that each individual should be treated with respect, dignity and equality. — Tony Fernandes
The protection of human rights to promote the dignity of the individual is too important a matter for symbolic gestures alone. It is only through… — Alexander Downer
Every child in America who enters school at the age of five is mentally ill, because he comes to school with an allegiance toward our… — Unknown Author
The same individuals who are doing primary research in the role of humans on the climate system are then permitted to lead the [IPCC] assessment!… — Unknown Author
No matter what part of the world we come from, we are all basically the same human beings. We all seek happiness and try to… — Dalai Lama
Climate has always changed year on year and is unstoppable as a phenomenon. I am sceptical of the 'evidence' being presented as fact and do… — Unknown Author
I would say the biggest handicap we have right now is some nutcases in our country that don't believe in global warming. I think they… — Jimmy Carter
Though the world does not change with a change of paradigm, the scientist afterward works in a different world... I am convinced that we must… — Thomas Kuhn
Climate science has been targeted by a major political movement, environmentalism, as the focus of their efforts, wherein the natural disasters of the earth system,… — Richard Lindzen
Beneath multiple specific and individual distinctions, beneath innumerable and incessant transformations, at the bottom of the circular evolution without beginning or end, there hides a… — Zhuangzi
Although reducing human emissions to the atmosphere is undoubtedly of critical importance, as are any and all measures to reduce the human environmental "footprint", the… — Unknown Author

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