Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Louis J. Halle

Quote by Louis J. Halle

“If what is best in mankind, and what its progress depends on, manifests itself primarily in the individual and only secondarily in the mass, then our objectives should be to maintain such freedom as allows the individual to think and speak for himself.”

Quote by Louis J. Halle

Create image

Author

Louis J. Halle

Louis J. Halle was a renowned American linguist and comparative literature scholar, born in 1910. He made significant contributions to the field of linguistics, particularly in the areas of comparative literature and structuralist theory. more

You May Also Like

“The dissemination of the individual's opinions on matters of public interest is for us, in the historic words of the Declaration of Independence, an 'unalienable right' that 'governments are instituted among men to secure.' History shows us that the Founders were not always convinced that unlimited discussion of public issues would be 'for the benefit of all of us' but that they firmly adhered to the proposition that the 'true liberty of the press' permitted 'every man to publish his opinion'.”

MenMatterShowsGovernmentWould BeIndividualInterestLibertyOpinionIssuesBenefitsIndependencePressesConvincedEvery ManSecureDiscussionFreedom Of SpeechFoundersDeclarationUnlimitedPropositionsHistoricPublishDeclaration Of IndependencePublic InterestDissemination
Author:John Marshall Harlan II
Create image

“In addition to the social pressures from the scientific community there is also at work a very human trait of individual scientist. I call it the law of the instrument , and it may be formulated as follows: Give a small boy a hammer, and he will find that everything he encounters needs pounding. It comes as no particular surprise to discover that a scientist formulates problems in a way which requires for their solution just those techniques in which he himself is especially skilled.”

WayNeedsGivingHumansMayProblemLawIndividualSocialCommunityBoysParticularSolutionsScientistPressureInstrumentsSurpriseTechniqueEncountersTraitsHammersSocial Pressure
Book:The Conduct of Inquiry: Methodology for Behavioural Science
Create image

“"What is the meaning of life?" This question has no answer except in the history of how it came to be asked. There is no answer because words have meaning, not life or persons or the universe itself. Our search for certainty rests in our attempts at understanding the history of all individual selves and all civilizations. Beyond that, there is only awe.”

PersonsSelfUniverseIndividualUnderstandingAnswersCivilizationCertaintyMeaning Of LifeAweWhat Is The Meaning Of LifeWhat Is The Meaning
Author:Julian Jaynes
Create image