The greatest things are accomplished by individual people, not by committees or companies. Fay Weldon
Always recognize that human individuals are ends, and do not use them as means to your end. Immanuel Kant
The worth of the state, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it. John Stuart Mill
Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its moralities are concerned. They are not units but fractions. Woodrow Wilson
Revolutions are the periods of history when individuals count most. Norman Mailer
Good is a product of the ethical and spiritual artistry of individuals; it cannot be mass-produced. Aldous Huxley
Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals. Oscar Wilde
Except in a few well-publicized instances…the rigorous practice of rugged individualism usually leads to poverty, ostracism and disgrace. The rugged individualist is too often mistaken for the misfit, the maverick, the spoilsport, the sore thumb. Lewis H Lapham