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Do not make the mistake of the ignorant who think that an individualist is a man who says: I’ll do as I please at everybody else’s expense. An individualist is a man who recognizes the inalienable individual rights of man—his own and those of others.
Ayn Rand The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z · 1986

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“Do not make the mistake of the ignorant who think that an individualist is a man who says: I’ll do as I please at everybody else’s expense. An individualist is a man who recognizes the inalienable individual rights of man—his own and those of others.

Ayn Rand · The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z, 1986 · Primary source

“I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.”

Henry David Thoreau · Resistance to Civil Government, 1849 · Primary source

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

Thomas Jefferson · Declaration of Independence, 1776 · Primary source

“The rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.”

John F. Kennedy · Inaugural Address of President John F. Kennedy, 1961 · Primary source

“Power is the goal of all ambition.”

Ian Fleming · Live and Let Die, 1954 · Primary source

“Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.”

Henry David Thoreau · Resistance to Civil Government, 1849 · Primary source

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Political philosophy

5 authors · 5 works · 12 themes · 26 tags
Authors
John F. Kennedy President of the United StatesHenry David Thoreau American writer and philosopherThomas Jefferson American statesman and writer
Works
Inaugural Address of President John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy · 1961Resistance to Civil Government Henry David Thoreau · 1849Live and Let Die Ian Fleming · 1954
Themes
Freedom with equal rightsIndividualism and responsibilityIndividual freedom
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LibertyIndividual libertyConscienceNatural rights
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