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6324 Individual quotes by 3344 unique authors

Since there is no such entity as 'the public,' since the public is merely a number of individuals, the idea that 'the public interest' supersedes… — Ayn Rand
It equally proves, that though individual oppression may now and then proceed from the courts of justice, the general liberty of the people can never… — Alexander Hamilton
Government can have no more than two legitimate purposes - the suppression of injustice against individuals within the community, and the common defense against external… — William Godwin
Agriculture, manufactures, commerce, and navigation, the four pillars of our prosperity, are the most thriving when left most free to individual enterprise. — Thomas Jefferson
It is for the good of nations, and not for the emolument or aggrandizement of particular individuals, that government ought to be established, and that… — Thomas Paine
To bring about government by oligarchy, masquerading as democracy, it is fundamentally essential that practically all authority and control be centralized in our Federal government.… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
The object of the state is always the same: to limit the individual, to tame him, to subordinate him, to subjugate him. — Max Stirner
Liberty is the sovereignty of the individual. — Josiah Warren
The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all. ... One might point out how the Renaissance was… — Oscar Wilde
Faith, and hope, and patience and all the strong, beautiful, vital forces of piety are withered and dead in a prayerless life. The life of… — Edward McKendree Bounds
If you are having difficulty loving or relating to an individual, take him to God. Bother the Lord with this person. Don't you be bothered… — Charles R. Swindoll
We have consistently supported a legalization program which is both generous to the alien and fair to the countless thousands of people throughout the world… — Ronald Reagan
Violence ever defeats its own ends. Where you cannot drive you can always persuade. A gentle word, a kind look, a god-natured smile can work… — William Hazlitt
Let methods be changed, therefore, if necessary, that prayer may be given its true place. Let there be days set apart for intercession; let the… — John Mott
The Church has not yet touched the fringe of the possibilities of intercessory prayer. Her largest victories will be witnessed when individual Christians everywhere come… — John Mott
Those of us who follow Jesus Christ must seriously commit to praying for our leaders, never forgetting that even our greatest heroes are flawed individuals… — Jonathan Falwell
Since the September 11 attacks, nearly 400 individuals have been arrested by the Justice Department as a result of ongoing investigations into international terrorism. Of… — Jo Bonner
It is frightening that in recent years such an increase has occurred in acts of terrorism, which have even reached peaceful countries such as ours.… — Alva Myrdal
Yesterday I, along with a bipartisan Congressional Delegation of lawmakers, inspected the detention facilities at Guantanamo used to house individuals detained in the War on… — Jim Ryun
Microsoft has had its success by doing low-cost products and constantly improving those products and we've really redefined the IT industry to be something that's… — Bill Gates
The liveliness of literature lies in its exceptionality, in being the individual, idiosyncratic vision of one human being, in which, to our delight and great… — Salman Rushdie
One vote, one act or one person can change the course of history. I also thought of the lawyers who daily and tirelessly labor in… — Unknown Author
It clearly follows that to make men moral it is necessary to make their social environment moral. And that can be done in only one… — Mikhail Bakunin
Instead of boiling up individuals into the species, I would draw a chalk circle round every individuality, and preach to it to keep within that,… — Jane Welsh Carlyle
We fancy men are individuals; so are pumpkins; but every pumpkin in the field goes through every point of pumpkin history. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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