Quotes About Individualism

The desire not to be anything is the desire not to be.

The desire not to be impinged upon, to be left to oneself, has been the markof high civilisation both on the part of individuals and communities.

Standardization of our educational systems [which includes testing]is apt to stamp out individualism and defeat the very ends of education by leveling the product down rather than up.

America had an emphasis on the individual and so education became available for everyone.

The most general deficiency in our sort of culture and education is gradually dawning on me: no one learns, no one strives towards, no one teaches--enduring loneliness.

I'm all about doing things myself because I find it hard to trust other people. Not trust, but I know exactly what I want to do, and I know exactly how it's supposed to look.

How, then, can the rights of three men exceed the rights of two men? In what possible way can the rights of three men absorb the rights of two men, and make them as if they had never existed.

Arguably, the application of complete libertarianism leads one towards anarchy.

I still want to find a way that leaves people free to live their lives without telling them what to do.

You can be a liberal and accept same-sex marriage and all that, but that's your business.

By the end of writing 'Losing Ground,' I realized I was a libertarian.

I am more of a constitutionalist libertarian.

I'm a bit of a Libertarian.

We did not become libertarians because we are altruists.

I'm a Libertarian. I'm liberty, justice for all, liberty for all.

Liberty is the right to do what I like; license, the right to do what you like.

It's good to be an anarchist and just love yourself.

Luckily the whole world is not like me, or else, there would be no world.

'Cool-Hand Luke' is one of my favorite movies.

Franklin types don't need Bernie types, but Bernie types need Franklin types. Yet Bernie shows no appreciation. He's hostile and indignant toward the Franklins of today, even while shamelessly leeching off them. Bernie, like Franklin, may indeed have invented himself. If he ever tells us this, we should accept it as an apology.

The maxim, every man for himself," he writes, "embraces the whole moral code of a free society." The harsh competition of capitalism, Fitzhugh says, benefits the few and the strong while crushing the many and the weak. As a consequence of freedom, "the rich are continually growing richer and the poor poorer.

socialism is the ideology of thieves and

I]n the American soul there is a lonely individual standing in a vast landscape. He is either on a horse or driving a car, depending, and either way he's carrying a gun. This is one of the essential images in American mythology.

The future does not belong to those who believe in socialism. The future belongs to those who believe in freedom.