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The farther a society progresses, the more clearly the individual

The farther a society progresses, the more clearly the individual becomes the antithesis of the group. – Herbert Read

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The worth of a civilization or a culture is not valued in the terms of its material wealth or military power, but by the quality and achievements of its representative individuals – its philosophers, its poets and its artists. – Herbert Read

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What I do deny is that you can build any enduring society without some such mystical ethos. – Herbert Read

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All that is needed to set us definitely on the road to a Fascist society is war. It will of course be a modified form of Fascism at first. – John T. Flynn

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Business, labor and civil society organizations have skills and resources that are vital in helping to build a more robust global community. – Kofi Annan

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Progress is measured by the degree of differentiation within a society. – Herbert Read

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Boys natural play is rough and tumble play, its the universal play of little boys. And its very different from aggression. And we are a society thats failing to understand the distinction. – Christina Hoff Sommers

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