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Individuality
«The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality and Independence»
Author: Edward Vernon Rickenbacker
(Aviator, Businessman, Pilot)
| About:
Character,
Imagination,
Individuality
| Keywords:
cornerstone, cornerstones, independence, individuality, initiative, structure, The Four
«We must show that liberty is not merely one particular value but that it is the source and condition of most moral values. What a free society offers to the individual is much more than what he would be able to do if only he were free. We can therefore not fully appreciate the value of freedom until we know how a society of free men as a whole differs from one in which unfreedom prevails.»
Author: Friedrich August Hayek
| About:
Freedom,
Individuality,
Liberty,
Morality,
Society
| Keywords:
as a whole, differs, prevails, Society of
«When important issues affecting the life of an individual are decided by somebody else, it makes no difference to the individual whether that somebody else is a king, a dictator, or society at large»
Author: James Taggart
| About:
Individuality,
Life
| Keywords:
affecting, at large, dictator, individual differences
«There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout:This is me damn it! I look the way I look, think the way I think, feel the way I feel, love the way I love! I am a whole complex package. Take me... or leave me. Accept me - or walk away! Do not try to make me feel like less of a person, just because I don't fit your idea of who I should be and don't try to change me to fit your mold. If I need to change, I alone will make that decision.When you are strong enough to love yourself 100%, good and bad - you will be amazed at the opportunities that life presents you.»
«The individual who refuses to defend his rights when called by his government deserves to be a slave, and must be punished as an enemy of his country and a friend to her foe»
Author: Andrew Jackson
(President)
| About:
Government,
Individuality,
Right
| Keywords:
foe, His country, punished, refuses
«Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called and whether it professes to be enforcing the will of God or the injunctions of men.»
Author: John Stuart Mill
(Economist, Logician, Philosopher)
| About:
God,
Individuality,
Mankind
| Keywords:
despotism, enforcing, individuality, injunction, injunctions, professes
«The most thoroughly and relentlessly Damned, banned, excluded, condemned, forbidden, ostracized, ignore, suppressed, repressed, robbed, brutalized and defamed of all Damned Things is the individual human being. The social engineers, statistician, psychologist, sociologists, market researchers, landlords, bureaucrats, captains of industry, bankers, governors, commissars, kings and presidents are perpetually forcing this Damned Thing into carefully prepared blueprints and perpetually irritated that the Damned Thing will not fit into the slot assigned it. The theologians call it a sinner and try to reform it. The governor calls it a criminal and tries to punish it. the psychologist calls it a neurotic and tries to cure it. Still, the Damned Thing will not fit into their slots.»
«You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic matter as everyone else, and we are all part of the same compost pile.»
