Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Liberty Quotes

"There is no greater stupidity or meanness than to take uniformity for an ideal."
-- George Santayana
[Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás] (1863-1952) Spanish-born philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist
Source: The Life of Reason
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/George.Santayana.Quote.6372


"One 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 Woiceshyn
-- Glenn Woiceshyn
Canadian writer
Source: Lessons from the Great Ice Storm: Individualism vs Collectivism, 1998.03.07, Capitalism Magazine
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Glenn.Woiceshyn.Quote.2824


"Thus, 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 Thies
Professor, economist, specializing in statistics
Source: Communitarianism versus Individualism, August 21, 2010,
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Clifford.Thies.Quote.0291


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