Becoming Quote by Erich Fromm

I think the idea of individualism has become more dominating in our society. You can even see it by our political system: how people…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

You know, our sense of individuality is just the number one target of civilization.

— Alan Rudolph

In our personal ambitions we are individualists. But in our seeking for economic and political progress as a nation, we all go up or…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Men towering high above such political pygmies, men of refinement, of culture, of ability, are jeered into silence as mollycoddles. It is absurd to…

— Emma Goldman

As civilization grows more complex, it is simultaneously becoming increasingly interrelated. We are converging upon ourselves, and this is forcing us to relate.

— Anodea Judith

Our social and economic system cannot march toward better days unless it is inspired by things of the Spirit. It is here that the…

— Herbert Hoover

Our problem isn't that we're individualists. It's that our individualism is static rather than dynamic. We value what we think rather than what we…

— Fernando Pessoa

Individualism has come in for an enormous amount of criticism over the years. It still does. It is widely assumed to be synonymous with…

— Margaret Thatcher

Individualism is a formidable lie.

— Rene Girard

When there is no room for individualism in ballparks, then there will be no room for individualism in life.

— Bill Veeck

At the core, I believe in individualism.

— Will Cain

If we return to the two faces of individualism - individualism as the spur of energy, initiative, and imagination; and individualism as the limitless…

— Immanuel Wallerstein