First place Quote by Frédéric Bastiat Download Open image ““In the first place, the word universal conceals a gross sophism.”” — Frédéric Bastiat ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare First place
“... a secret and ardent stirring within the frozen chastity of the universal.” — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
“The point is, the way to speak to the universal is through the particular. The broad message might appear to speak to everyone, but… — Lisa Samson Copy Share Image
“At a certain point talk about 'essence' and 'oneness' and the universal becomes more tautological than inquisitive.” — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“We will arrive at the universal not by abandoning our particularity but by turning it into a way of reaching others, by virtue of… — Maurice Merleau-Ponty Copy Share Image
“There is nothing sacred about universality which makes the shared automatically better than the unshared.” — Richard Rorty Copy Share Image
“A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is consituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.” — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“When you recklessly mine the depths of your imagination, universal truths are freed to surface.” — Joshua Emmet Copy Share Image
“We are all beautiful expressions of creative and benevolent universal energy.” — Amy Leigh Mercree Copy Share Image
“Everything that is, to us, almost obscenely close, sometimes through our observation, although undeservedly, constantly provokes and nourishes a sneer.” — Stanka Gjurić Copy Share Image
“S-l-o-w-ness--it gave meaning to everything. It made everything royal.” — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“A good part of what appears to us - prima facie - as objective reality is, instead, just a consequence of our conventions to… — Felix Alba-Juez Copy Share Image
“Universalism is a corruption of objectivity. Whereas objectivity is achieved from particular things, universalism claims to define particularity from an abstract notion posed arbitrarily.” — Alain de Benoist Copy Share Image
The politician attempts to remedy the evil by increasing the very thing that caused the evil in the first place: legal plunder. — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
The law is the collective organization of the individual's right to lawful defense of his life, liberty and property. When it is used for… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
If every person has the right to defend - even by force - his person, his liberty, and his property, then it follows that… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
Sometimes the law defends plunder and participates in it. Sometimes the law places the whole apparatus of judges, police, prisons and gendarmes at the… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
Slavery, protection, and monopoly find defenders, not only in those who profit by them, but in those who suffer by them. — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
Here I encounter the most popular fallacy of our times. It is not considered sufficient that the law should guarantee to every citizen the… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
The state is the great fictitious entity by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else. — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
There is in all of a strong disposition to believe that anything lawful is also legitimate. This belief is so widespread that many persons… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
I believe that my theory is correct; for whatever be the question upon which I am arguing, whether it be religious, philosophical, political, or… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
There are people who think that plunder loses all its immorality as soon as it becomes legal. Personally, I cannot imagine a more alarming… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
“But the process should not be confused with science. When tests are used as selections devices, they're not a neutral tool; they become a… — William H. Whyte Copy Share Image
The whole concept of stage fright is fascinating. Actors get stage fright, but they wouldn't be on the stage in the first place if… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
“I felt like praying or something, when I was in bed, but I couldn't do it. I can't always pray when I feel like… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
The politician attempts to remedy the evil by increasing the very thing that caused the evil in the first place: legal plunder. — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
At times you are going to miss people. When that happens, others have to come to the front and show the calibre that brought… — Mike Phelan Copy Share Image
Im never shocked when people let me down nowadays. I just hate the fact that I put myself in a position to be let… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Had a 90's music party with my Glee family tonight. Helped remind me why I got into music in the first place. — Mark Salling Copy Share Image
“We heard about people who go back to their roots. That is good, but don't get stuck in the root. There is the branch,… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
Don't be afraid of failure, be afraid of not trying in the first place. — Marie Forleo Copy Share Image
“If you have the ability and the opportunity to help someone, but you don't do anything just because you're scared or it's inconvenient or… — Bree Despain Copy Share Image
Every penny we spend comes from the taxpayer. We thus owe it to the taxpayer to work as hard managing that money wisely as… — Mick Mulvaney Copy Share Image
“The traumatized soul finds no rest in conditions of peace. It’s forever questing for violence, for action, for the same combination of factors which… — Matthew S. Williams Copy Share Image
