#individual

Liberals worry that what's best for the individual might not be better for the public at large. But that philosophy assumes something vicious about each and every one of us. It assumes we only care about ourselves. ↗

— Allen West

#assumes #best #better #care #each

You're in a horse race but you're thinking like a sheep. Sheep don't win horse races. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#life #race #life

The greatest enemy of individual freedom is the individual himself. ↗

— Saul Alinsky

#freedom #greatest #himself #individual #individual freedom

Good-looking individuals are treated better than homely ones in virtually every social situation, from dating to trial by jury. ↗

— Martha Beck

#better #dating #every #good-looking #homely

Hong Kong girls have a genius sense of style. I came back to the States thinking no one here has any individuality. Or cute enough socks. ↗

— Camilla Belle

#back #came #cute #enough #genius

In individual industries where female labour pays an important role, any movement advocating better wages, shorter working hours, etc., would not be doomed from the start because of the attitude of those women workers who are not organized. ↗

— Clara Zetkin

#any #attitude #because #better #doomed

Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#corporation #device #individual #individual responsibility #ingenious

Both free speech rights and property rights belong legally to individuals, but their real function is social, to benefit vast numbers of people who do not themselves exercise these rights. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#benefit #both #exercise #free #free speech

A safe and nutritionally adequate diet is a basic individual right and an essential condition for sustainable development, especially in developing countries. ↗

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

#adequate #basic #condition #countries #developing

Intervention for the prevention and control of osteoporosis should comprise a combination of legislative action, educational measures, health service activities, media coverage, and individual counselling to initiate changes in behaviour. ↗

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

#activities #behaviour #changes #combination #comprise