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Quotes About Individual

It is rare that the public sentiment decides immorally or unwisely, and the individual who differs from it ought to distrust and examine well his own opinion.
~ Thomas Jefferson
Man would be otherwise. That is the essence of the specifically human.
~ Antonio Machado
Honest statesmanship is the wise employment of individual meannesses for the public good.
~ Abraham Lincoln
Each man's character shapes his fortunes.
~ Latin proverb
It is possible for a single individual to defy the whole might of an unjust empire to save his honour, his religion, his soul, and lay the foundation for that empire's fall or its regeneration.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
That suit is best that best suits me.
~ John Clark
Skills vary with the man. We must... strive by that which is born in us.
~ Pindar
Each citizen should play his part in the community according to his individual gifts.
~ Plato
Crime seems to change character when it crosses a bridge or a tunnel. In the city, crime is taken as emblematic of class and race. In the suburbs, though, it's intimate and psychological-resistant to generalization, a mystery of the individual soul.
~ Barbara Ehrenreich
Taste cannot be controlled by law.
~ Thomas Jefferson
Man is both determined and self-determining.
~ Stein and Vidichon
Advice to young writers who want to get ahead without any annoying delays: don't write about Man, write about a man.
~ E. B. White
It is only through fiction and the dimension of the imaginary that we can learn something real about individual experience. Any other approach is bound to be general and abstract.
~ Nicola Chiaromonte
I have met thousands and thousands of pro-choice men and women. I have never met anyone who is pro-abortion. Being pro-choice is not being pro-abortion. Being pro-choice is trusting the individual to make the right decision for herself and her family, and not entrusting that decision to anyone wearing the authority of government in any regard.
~ Hillary Rodham Clinton, 1999
We are not here to advocate abortion. We do not ask this Court to rule that abortion is good or desirable in any particular situation. We are here to advocate that the decision as to whether or not a particular woman will continue to carry or will terminate a pregnancy is a decision that should be made by that individual. That, in fact, she has a constitutional right to make that decision for herself and that the state has shown no interest in interfering with that decision.
~ Sarah Weddington, 1972
Iz iskustva je znao kako štetni, i po društvo i pojedinca opasni mogu biti ljudi koji zbog svoje ograni?enosti neograni?eno veruju u svoju pamet i pronicjivost i u ta?nost svakog svog suda i zaklju?ka.
~ Ivo Andri?
Parenthood always has its individual structure. And it's a risky business. You do your best.
~ J.D. Robb
A blade's personal. It's an extension of the person using it.
~ J.D. Robb
The Church ruling is very clear. And rules often ignore the human and the individual factor. I think God ignores nothing. I think His compassion for His children is infinite. I can't believe, in my heart, God closes his door to those in pain, to those in desperation.
~ J.D. Robb
You are so . . . odd. I shall take that as a compliment. -Thor to No'One
~ J.R. Ward
Sacrifice was also in the eye of the beholder. Like beauty, it was a personal, subjective assessment, a cost-benefit analysis that had no right answer, only a compass that spun around an individual's variant of true north. Throe
~ J.R. Ward
My body, my choice." As
~ J.R. Ward
Destiny was as uncaring and influential as the wind to a flag, carrying the fabric of an individual's existence this way and that, subjecting that which it rocked to its whims without an inquiry as to what the banner may have desired. Or may have prayed for.
~ J.R. Ward
With regard to threats against you. I would care to apprise you of a certain individual you would be wise to watch with care." Wrath cocked an eyebrow over the rim of his wraparound. "Do tell.
~ J.R. Ward