#dual

We don't need a weakened government but a strong government that would take responsibility for the rights of the individual and care for the society as a whole. ↗

— Vladimir Putin

#government #individual #need #responsibility #rights

Fiction has consisted either of placing imaginary characters in a true story, which is the Iliad, or of presenting the story of an individual as having a general historical value, which is the Odyssey. ↗

— Raymond Queneau

#consisted #either #fiction #general #having

There have been only rare moments in history where individual histories were able to run their course without wars or revolutions. ↗

— Raymond Queneau

#been #course #histories #history #individual

So instead of talking about theoretical ways of ending the war and violence, I say that we have to get rid of the individual asholes in each office and situation. ↗

— Colin Quinn

#each #ending #get #i #individual

Right now the long-term investors are telling us that they're not as concerned about inflation and so we're seeing these rates now move into the marketplace and out to the street - rates that individuals can get. ↗

— Franklin Raines

#concerned #get #individuals #inflation #into

To me, punk is about being an individual and going against the grain and standing up and saying 'This is who I am'. ↗

— Joey Ramone

#against #am #being #going #grain

The purpose of the ADA was to provide clear and comprehensive national standards to eliminate discrimination against individuals with disabilities. As a result, individuals with disabilities are now able to live in their homes and have access to new careers. ↗

— Jim Ramstad

#access #ada #against #careers #clear

Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual). ↗

— Ayn Rand

#earth #function #individual #individual rights #majorities

Individual rights are the means of subordinating society to moral law. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#individual rights #law #means #moral #moral law

Rights are not a matter of numbers - and there can be no such thing, in law or in morality, as actions forbidden to an individual, but permitted to a mob. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#forbidden #individual #law #matter #mob