Tag: Individuality

1139: Raylene Lightheart – Here’s to the Trouble Makers!

W1139: Raylene Lightheart - Here's to the Trouble Makers!
Here’s to the trouble makers! Here’s to the jury nullifiers, the rebel scum, those who won’t rest until they see justice and unfettered freedom! —Raylene Lightheart

Here’s to the trouble makers! Here’s to the jury nullifiers, the rebel scum, those who won’t rest until they see justice and unfettered freedom! —Raylene Lightheart

1132: Frank Zappa – The Government Doesn’t Own You

W1132: Frank Zappa - The Government Doesn't Own You
I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy, government exists because (and only so long as) individual citizens give it a 'temporary license to exist' — in exchange for a promise that it will behave itself. In a democracy, you own the government, it doesn't own you. —Frank Zappa

I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy, government exists because (and only so long as) individual citizens give it a ‘temporary license to exist’ — in exchange for a promise that it will behave itself. In a democracy, you own the government, it doesn’t own you. —Frank Zappa

1108: John Stuart Mill – Dare to be Different

F1108: John Stuart Mill - Dare to be Different
The mere example of nonconformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service. Precisely because the tyranny of opinion is such as to make eccentricity a reproach. It is desirable, in order to break through that tyranny, that people should be eccentric. Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character has abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigour, and moral courage which it contained. —John Stuart Mill
The mere example of nonconformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service. Precisely because the tyranny of opinion is such as to make eccentricity a reproach. It is desirable, in order to break through that tyranny, that people should be eccentric. Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character has abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigour, and moral courage which it contained. —John Stuart Mill

1106: Ralph Waldo Emerson – Be Yourself

W1106: Ralph Waldo Emerson - Be Yourself
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. —Ralph Waldo Emerson
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. —Ralph Waldo Emerson

1081: John Stuart Mill – Whatever Crushes Individuality is Despotism

W1081: John Stuart Mill - Whatever Crushes Individuality
Whatever crushes individuality is despotism by whatever name it may be called. —John Stuart Mill
Whatever crushes individuality is despotism by whatever name it may be called. —John Stuart Mill

1077: Henry David Thoreau – The Obedient Must Be Slaves

W1077: Henry David Thoreau - The Obedient Must Be Slaves
Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves. —Henry David Thoreau
Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves. —Henry David Thoreau

1064: Ron Paul – Racism is Collectivism

F1064: Ron Paul - Racism is Collectivism
Racism is simply an ugly form of collectivism, the mindset that views humans strictly as members of groups rather than as individuals. Racists believe that all individuals who share superficial physical characteristics are alike: as collectivists, racists think only in terms of groups. By encouraging Americans to adopt a group mentality, the advocates of so-called "diversity" actually perpetuate racism. The true antidote to racism is liberty. Liberty means having a limited, constitutional government devoted to the protection of individual rights rather than group claims. Liberty means free-market capitalism, which rewards individual achievement and competence—not skin color, gender, or ethnicity. —Ron Paul
Racism is simply an ugly form of collectivism, the mindset that views humans strictly as members of groups rather than as individuals. Racists believe that all individuals who share superficial physical characteristics are alike: as collectivists, racists think only in terms of groups. By encouraging Americans to adopt a group mentality, the advocates of so-called “diversity” actually perpetuate racism. The true antidote to racism is liberty. Liberty means having a limited, constitutional government devoted to the protection of individual rights rather than group claims. Liberty means free-market capitalism, which rewards individual achievement and competence—not skin color, gender, or ethnicity. —Ron Paul

1048: Ayn Rand – Smallest Minority on Earth

W1048: Ayn Rand - Smallest Minority on Earth
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities. —Ayn Rand
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities. —Ayn RandDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 1.15MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 143KB
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities. —Ayn RandDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 1.58MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 179KB
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities. —Ayn Rand

1039: Thomas Jefferson – Rightful Liberty is Unobstructed Action

W1039: Thomas Jefferson - Rightful Liberty
Rightful Liberty is unobstructed action according to our will, within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add “within the limits of the law,” because law is often but the tyrant’s will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual. —Thomas Jefferson
Rightful Liberty is unobstructed action according to our will, within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add “within the limits of the law,” because law is often but the tyrant’s will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual. —Thomas JeffersonDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 5.14MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 302KB
Rightful Liberty is unobstructed action according to our will, within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add “within the limits of the law,” because law is often but the tyrant’s will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual. —Thomas JeffersonDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 5.86MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 353KB
Rightful Liberty is unobstructed action according to our will, within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add “within the limits of the law,” because law is often but the tyrant’s will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual. —Thomas Jefferson

1028: Henry Hazlitt – How to Increase Wages

F1028: Henry Hazlitt - Increase Wages
Real wages come out of production, not out of government decrees. The best way to raise wages, therefore, is to raise marginal labor productivity. The more the individual worker produces, the more he increases the wealth of the whole community. The more he produces, the more his services are worth to consumers, and hence to employers. And the more he is worth to employers, the more he will be paid. —Henry Hazlitt
Real wages come out of production, not out of government decrees. The best way to raise wages, therefore, is to raise marginal labor productivity. The more the individual worker produces, the more he increases the wealth of the whole community. The more he produces, the more his services are worth to consumers, and hence to employers. And the more he is worth to employers, the more he will be paid. —Henry Hazlitt