{"quotes":[{"text":"With their concern for personal autonomy and individual freedom, anarchists more than any other socialists are aware of the inhumanity of both physical punishment and manipulative cure for anti-social members of the community. They look to reasoned argument and friendly treatment to deal with criminals and wish to respect their humanity and individuality.","author":"Peter Marshall","tags":["anarchism","autonomy","freedom","individual-freedom","individuality","philosophy","society"],"id":1366,"author_id":"Peter+Marshall"},{"text":"Your original self is worth more than your imitation of someone else.","author":"Matshona Dhliwayo","tags":["creativity","excellence","genius","greatness","imitation","individuality","inner-beauty","inner-light","inner-self","inner-world","inspirational-motivational","inspirational","motivational","originality","success","uniqueness","value"],"id":1413,"author_id":"Matshona+Dhliwayo"},{"text":"In reaction against the age-old slogan, 'woman is the weaker vessel,' or the still more offensive, 'woman is a divine creature,' we have, I think, allowed ourselves to drift into asserting that 'a woman is as good as a man,' without always pausing to think what exactly we mean by that. What, I feel, we ought to mean is something so obvious that it is apt to escape attention altogether, viz: (...) that a woman is just as much an ordinary human being as a man, with the same individual preferences, and with just as much right to the tastes and preferences of an individual. What is repugnant to every human being is to be reckoned always as a member of a class and not as an individual person.","author":"Dorothy L. Sayers","tags":["classification","clichés","dignity","discrimination","double-standards","empowerment","feminism","gender","individuality","misogyny","self-determination","social-norms","stereotypes","women"],"id":2459,"author_id":"Dorothy+L.+Sayers"},{"text":"We strive toward the middle, and we run from ourselves.","author":"Chris Matakas","tags":["conformity","individuality","meaning","purpose","self"],"id":2466,"author_id":"Chris+Matakas"},{"text":"Be yourself because an original is worth more than just a copy.","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["approval","be-different","be-unique","be-you","be-yourself","confidence","cool","coolest","copy","copy-someone","copycat","copycats","follower","haters","imitate","imitation","individualism","individuality","know-your-worth","life","love-yourself","originality","peer-pressure","self-love","social-approval","unique","value","weird","worth"],"id":2936,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"},{"text":"It's a funny thing about names, how they become a part of someone.","author":"Lois Lowry","tags":["feelings","individuality","memories","names","remembrance"],"id":3313,"author_id":"Lois+Lowry"},{"text":"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. To be your own man is hard business. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.","author":"Rudyard Kipling","tags":["individuality","misattributed-nietzsche"],"id":4346,"author_id":"Rudyard+Kipling"},{"text":"The 20th Century proved that there is nothing more dangerous to the health of ethnic minority communities than big government.","author":"A.E. Samaan","tags":["big-government","bill-of-rights","central-planning","civil-rights","democide","diversity","ethnic-minorities","eugenics","genocide","individual-liberty","individualism","individuality","libertarian","libertarianism","planned-societies","totalitarianism"],"id":4395,"author_id":"A.E.+Samaan"},{"text":"The most loving parents and relatives commit murder with smiles on their faces. They force us to destroy the person we really are: a subtle kind of murder.","author":"Jim Morrison","tags":["conditioning","evolution","evolving","freedom","individuality","jim-morrison","murder","parents","potential","progress","self","self-awareness"],"id":4509,"author_id":"Jim+Morrison"},{"text":"The arts that have escaped [uniformity] best are the arts in which the public take no interest. Poetry is an instance of what I mean. We have been able to have fine poetry in England because the public do not read it, and consequently do not influence it.","author":"Oscar Wilde","tags":["art","conformism","criticism","english-literature","humor","individualism","individuality","poetry","poets","public-opinion","true-that"],"id":4667,"author_id":"Oscar+Wilde"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":740,"pages":74,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}