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Quotes about Individuals

Every one in a crowd has the power to throw dirt; none out of ten have the inclination.
— William Hazlitt
Without forgiveness there can be no future for a relationship between individuals or within and between nations.
— Desmond Tutu
The Internet empowers individuals to play a more active role in the political process, as Obama's campaign has manifested.
— Al Gore
She has thrown herself away upon that boor from sheer ignorance that better individuals existed!
— Emily Bronte
I solemnly declare that this spiritual kingdom of faith will move forward with or without each of us individually. No unhallowed hand can stay the growth of the Church nor prevent fulfillment of its mission. Any of us can be left behind, drawn away by the seductive voices of secularism and materialism.
— James Faust
You, my friend, are society. So welcome to the club of community, and even though some may try to drown out other styles of discourse with shouts about personal rights, the community may have a thing or two to say, and it may say it a lot louder. After all, community can only progress when its individuals exercise higher moral choices, and community is sacrificed when individuals choose with only themselves in mind.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
I would say about individuals, A Individual dies when they cease to to be surprised. I am surprised every morning when I see the sunshine again. When I see an act of evil I don't accomodate, I don't accomodate myself to the violence that goes on everywhere. I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
The role of the pastor is to embody the gospel. And of course to get it embodied, which you can only do with individuals, not in the abstract.
— Eugene Peterson
Freedom is the recognition that no single person, no single authority or government has a monopoly on the truth, but that every individual life is infinitely precious, that every one of us put in this world has been put there for a reason and has something to offer. It's so hard for government planners, no matter how sophisticated, to ever substitute for millions of individuals working night and day to make their dreams come true. The fact is, bureaucracies are a problem around the world.
— Ronald Reagan
The Bible is clear that those who fail to heed the Lord's discipline - whether nations, cities, or individuals - suffer devastating consequences.
— Charles Stanley
We must have great respect for these people who also suffer and who want to find their own way of correct living. On the other hand, to create a legal form of a kind of homosexual marriage, in reality, does not help these people.
— Pope Benedict XVI
The rule of God comes to us as individuals, one by one. We invite his reign; we obey his voice.
— Ravi Zacharias