The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual. Read Summary
Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions. Read Summary
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. Read Summary
As individuals, people are inherently good. I have a somewhat more pessimistic view of people in groups. And I remain extremely concerned when I see what's happening in our country, which is in many ways the luckiest place in the world. We don't seem to be excited about making our country a better place for our kids. Read Summary
Concepts, like individuals, have their histories and are just as incapable of withstanding the ravages of time as are individuals. But in and through all this they retain a kind of homesickness for the scenes of their childhood. Read Summary
I am fearful, or suspicious, of generalizations... They cannot guide me reliably in making decisions about particular individuals. Read Summary
We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added. Read Summary
Society is the body; individuals are its members, its limbs. Just as the various limbs help and co-operate with one another and thus are happy, so each must unite with others in being helpful to all in thought, speech and action... One may see to the good of one's own group, i.e., the group that is immediate to him, and then proceed to others. Read Summary
Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments. Read Summary
Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals. Read Summary
Empathy is a tool for building people into groups, for allowing us to function as more than self-obsessed individuals. Read Summary
The world runs on individuals pursuing their self interests. The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus. Einstein didn't construct his theory under order from a, from a bureaucrat. Henry Ford didn't revolutionize the automobile industry that way. Read Summary
There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families. Read Summary
I've never bought into any sort of hard and fast, this-box/that-box characterization. People are individuals. Yes, they may be expected to be a particular way. But that doesn't mean they're going to be that way. Read Summary
Society does not consist of individuals but expresses the sum of interrelations, the relations within which these individuals stand. Read Summary
Each generation wants new symbols, new people, new names. They want to divorce themselves from their predecessors. Read Summary
Nations have their ego, just like individuals. Read Summary
People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them. Read Summary
Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals. Read Summary
It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value. Read Summary