Nathaniel Branden, [Nathan Blumenthal] (1930-2014) Canadian psychotherapist, writer Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-4] of 4 Nathaniel Branden quotesNathaniel Branden QuotesNathaniel Branden The policy of seeking values from human beings by means of force, when practiced by an individual, is called crime. When practiced by a government, it is called statism ...~ Nathaniel Branden Force, governmental coercion, is the instrument by which the ethics of altruism -- the belief that the individual exists to serve others -- is translated into political reality.~ Nathaniel Branden A depression is a large-scale decline in production and trade... there is nothing in the nature of a free-market economy to cause such an event.~ Nathaniel Branden Individualism is at once an ethical-psychological concept and an ethical-political one. As an ethical-psychological concept, individualism holds that a human being should think and judge independently, respecting nothing more than the sovereignty of his or her mind; thus, it is intimately connected with the concept of autonomy. As an ethical-political concept, individualism upholds the supremacy of individual rights ...~ Nathaniel Branden Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print