Quotes About Individualism

The paradox is that liberalism is concerned with the emotions above all else, as proof of which the word happiness stands at the very center of its thought, but in its effort to establish the emotions, or certain among them, in some sort of freedom, liberalism somehow tends to deny them in their full possibility.

The state of society is one in which the members have suffered amputation from the trunk, and strut about so many walking monsters,—a good finger, a neck, a stomach, an elbow, but never a man.

In a free society, one does not have to deal with those who are irrational. One is free to avoid them.

A 'mixed economy' is a society in the process of committing suicide.

He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing his critique of society as an ideology for his private interest.

I am against marriage, and I don't give a fig for society.

Selsdon Man is designing a system of society for the ruthlessness and the pushing, the uncaring. His message to the rest is: you're out on your own.

Mass society has displaced real community, where people function together and account for their own lives.

Good and just society is neither the thesis of capitalism nor the antithesis of communism, but a socially conscious democracy which reconciles the truths of individualism and collectivism.

Civilization, or "the system" or "society" or whatever you want to call it, is best served not by mules but by free men.

I don't want to be a strong hero who can save society. I just want to save myself.

Living in a society, instead of on a desert island, does not relieve a man of the responsibility of supporting his own life.

There are just two rules of governance in a free society: Mind your own business. Keep your hands to yourself.

I have always maintained that society has no business dictating morality.

A Libertarian society of unfettered individualism spreads its benefits to virtually everyone - not just those who have the resources to seize political power.

In an individualistic culture, the narcissist is God's gift to the world. In a collectivist society, the narcissist is God's gift to the collective.

Existentialism is about being a saint without God; being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society.

If the woman picks the wrong man, that's not society's problem. That's her problem.

I am sure it must be true that people opt out of the mainstream society because they feel that there are going to be no rewards for them, if they stay.

Let those who like society better have it.

I certainly and deliberately introduced a great deal of variety into the people in the clamshell, which I suppose grows out of growing up in an individualistic society we profess to have.

People are very narcissistic. It's not all their fault. We live in a society where there is a magazine for you, a channel for you, a perfume for you.

Our broken society is not born out of the triumph of the individual, but out of his effacement. He vanishes, she vanishes, ask them who they are and they will offer you a wallet or a child.

The average American has separated his private life from his existence as a member of his society, and leaves that to the specialists in the government to take care of.