Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page Mignon McLaughlin Quote “Society honors its living conformists and its dead troublemakers.” ~ Mignon McLaughlin (1913-1983) American journalist and author Conformity , Honor , Individualist , Society Ratings and Comments Reply Mike, Norwalk 12/3/09 (-; yeah, pretty much ;-) Reply J Carlton, Calgary 12/3/09 Reply cal, lewisville, tx 12/3/09 Too true! Reply RBESRQ 12/3/09 Yep! Reply Waffler, Smith 12/3/09 True generally. The native Americans were dirty savages until we killed them and then we erected statutes to them and said what great warriors they were. But never forget no matter how great they were we beat them so voila! ipso facto WE ,must be greater than they. Thus the stature is not to honor them so much as to honor us. A little like carrying your enemies head around on a stick. Reply Adam Smith, Franklin, Pa. 12/3/09 Waffler, that was damn good! For once I can agree with you! Reply Ken, MS 12/3/09 Yep! Troublemakers are what we're called when we try to get involved. Conformists, on the other hand, spend their time reading what others have said but never do anything about it. Reply E Archer, NYC 12/3/09 Leave it to Waffler to twist the meaning of this quote -- spoken like a true racist/conformist. Reply Waffler, Smith 12/3/09 Leave it to Archer to always react negatively to my comments. I like Adam's reaction better. Archer is the epitome of the knee jerk non-thinking man. Reply Becky, Illinois 12/4/09 I love this quote. Short, simple, accurate. Reply warren, olathe 12/8/09 Cute Reply jim k, Austin 11/7/19 SaveOk2 SaveOk2 View CommentsClick to view or comment. Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print This Mignon McLaughlin quote is found in these categories: Conformity quotes Honor quotes Individualist quotes Society quotes About Mignon McLaughlin Bio of Mignon McLaughlin Quotations by Mignon McLaughlin Books by/about Mignon McLaughlin Mignon McLaughlin videos Mignon McLaughlin on Wikipedia Astrological chart for Mignon McLaughlin