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6324 Individual quotes by 3344 unique authors

The healthy and strong individual is the one who asks for help when he needs it. Whether he's got an abscess on his knee or… — Rona Barrett
I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. — John D. Rockefeller
Human life in common is only made possible when a majority comes together which is stronger than any separate individual and which remains united against… — Sigmund Freud
A man is not expected to love his country, lest he make an ass of himself. Yet our country, seen through the mists of smog,… — Elwyn Brooks White
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… — Henry David Thoreau
If there are people who feel that God wants them to change the structures of society, that is something between them and their God. We… — Mother Teresa
Without creative, independently thinking and judging personalities the upward development of society is as unthinkable as the development of the individual personality without the nourishing… — Albert Einstein
We seldom stop to think how many people's lives are entwined with our own. It is a form of selfishness to imagine that every individual… — Ivy Baker Priest
Every problem that the country faces is being solved in some community by some group or some individual. The question is how to get connected… — George H. W. Bush
Citizen service is the very American idea that we meet our challenges not as isolated individuals but as members of a true community, with all… — William J. Clinton
[T]he first transactions of a nation, like those of an individual upon his first entrance into life make the deepest impression, and are to form… — George Washington
[T]hough individual oppression may now and then proceed fro the courts of justice, the general liberty of the people can never be endangered from that… — Alexander Hamilton
In democratic centuries, on the contrary, when the duties of each individual toward the species are much clearer, devotion toward one man becomes rarer: the… — Alexis de Tocqueville
[In a democracy] a common passion or interest will, in almost every case , be felt by a majority of the whole; a communication and… — James Madison
The majority of men cannot be made disinterested for life by exhortation, by religious services, by any expenditure of subsidized works, or even by grave… — Herbert Croly
Honest statesmanship is the wise employment of individual meanness for the public good. — Abraham Lincoln
Good is a product of the ethical and spiritual artistry of individuals; it cannot be mass-produced. — Aldous Huxley
What concerns all, should be considered by all; and individuals may injure a whole society, by not declaring their sentiments. It is therefore not only… — John Dickinson
Good constitutions are formed upon a comparison of the liberty of the individual with the strength of government: If the tone of either be too… — Alexander Hamilton
Human beings are compelled to live within a lie, but they can be compelled to do so only because they are in fact capable of… — Vaclav Havel
In judging our progress as individuals we tend to concentrate on external factors such as one's social position, influence and popularity, wealth and standard of… — Nelson Mandela
The sickness of the individual is ultimately caused by and sustained by the sickness of his civilization — Herbert Marcuse
It is not our affluence, or our plumbing, or our clogged freeways that grip the imagination of others. Rather, it is the values upon which… — J. William Fulbright
Giving feels good. It is a form of healing. Not just for you as an individual, but for everyone. — Jennifer Beals
As individuals, as families, as neighbors, as members of one community, people of all races and political views are usually decent, kind, compassionate. But in… — Dean Koontz

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