Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2026-08-26 Aug 26, 2026Individuality is to be preserved and respected everywhere, as the root of everything good.~ Jean PaulThe only purpose for which power can rightfully be exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. ... Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.~ John Stuart MillIndividualism 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 Aug 25, 2026If what is best in mankind, and what its progress depends on, manifests itself primarily in the individual and only secondarily in the mass, then our objectives should be to maintain such freedom as allows the individual to think and speak for himself.~ Louis J. HalleThus, individualism is not antithetical to community. Rather, it can involve free association and a belief in an over-arching harmony of interests. In a free socety, individuals join with others because of love and mutual benefit, not because they are programmed or coerced.~ Prof. Clifford ThiesIt is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.~ William Ralph Inge Aug 24, 2026Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying “No” to any authority -- literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political.~ Ignazio SiloneAnd this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in all the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.~ John SteinbeckThe man who does not do his own thinking is a slave, and is a traitor to himself and his fellow men.~ Robert G. Ingersoll Aug 21, 2026Freedom is an intellectual achievement which requires disavowal of collectivism and embrace of individualism.~ Onkar GhateThe last of the human freedoms -- to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.~ Viktor FranklThe case for a free society rests on individualism. ... Every form of totalitarianism has sought control over the minds of individuals, and has understood that it must first undermine the individual’s confidence in the validity of his own faculties. Remember O’Brien’s speech to Winston Smith in Orwell’s '1984'~ David Kelley Aug 20, 2026One byproduct of individualism is benevolence -- a general attitude of good will towards one's neighbors and fellow human beings. Benevolence is impossible in a society where people violate each others' rights.~ Glenn WoiceshynParadoxical as it may seem, men and women who are free to pursue individualism and material wealth turn out to be the most compassionate of all.~ Lawrence LindseyThe fact that most people think that being selfish means harming one's fellow man, that pursuing one's own self-interest equates to behaving brutally or irrationally, is, as Ms. Rand noted, a 'psychological confession' on their part. In fact it is against one's own long-term self-interest to behave irrationally or trample others. Such actions are the exact opposite of selfish -- they're self-destructive.~ Wayne Dunn Previous week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print