Quotes 41 till 60 of 123.
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However fiercely opposed one may be to the present order, an old respect for the idea of order itself often prevents people from distinguishing between order and those who stand for order, and leads them in practice to respect individuals under the pretext of respecting order itself.
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I'm an optimist in the sense that I believe humans are noble and honorable, and some of them are really smart. I have a very optimistic view of individuals.
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I've continued to recognize the power individuals have to change virtually anything and everything in their lives in an instant. I've learned that the resources we need to turn our dreams into reality are within us, merely waiting for the day when we decide to wake up and claim our birthright.
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If individuals have no virtues, their vices may be of use to us.
October 5, 1771 -
If we can be the best people we are as individuals, then that's the way to change the world.
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In individuals as in nations, contentment is silent, which tends to unbalance the historical record.
A Distant Mirror -
In its final stages the civilization becomes a dualism of almost totalitarian imperial power and an amorphous mass culture of atomized individuals.
Oscar Iden Lecture Series, Lecture 3: The State of Individuals (1976) -
In the great mass of our people there are plenty individuals of intelligence from among whom leadership can be recruited.
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In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity of forming opinions of their own.
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Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs it is the rule.
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It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits of companionship with individuals unlike himself, who care little for his pursuits, and whose sphere and abilities he must go out of himself to appreciate.
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It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value.
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It is essential to resist the depiction of history as the work of heroic individuals.
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It is only reasonable that our laws do not force our country to provide safe harbor to those individuals that are being sought out by their governments due to their terrorist ties.
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Leave this hypocritical prating about the masses. Masses are rude, lame, unmade, pernicious in their demands and influence, and need not to be flattered, but to be schooled. I wish not to concede anything to them, but to tame, drill, divide, and break them up, and draw individuals out of them.
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Madness is something rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, peoples, ages it is the rule.
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Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
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Markets change, tastes change, so the companies and the individuals who choose to compete in those markets must change.
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Men, if you are in a position of power or authority, please respectfully continue to mentor and work with talented individuals and those with promise, regardless if they are men or women.
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