“The habit of seen the public rule, is gradually accustoming the American mind to an interference with private rights that is slowly undermining the individuality of the national character. There is getting to be so much public right, that private right is overshadowed and lost. A danger exists that the ends of liberty will be forgotten altogether in the means.” MindMeanEndsCharacterLostLibertyRightsDangerHabitForgottenIndividualityInterferenceUndermining Author:James F. Cooper
“No laws, however stringent, can make the idle industrious, the thriftless provident, or the drunken sober. Such reforms can only be effected by means of individual action, economy and self-denial; by better habits, rather than by greater rights.” MeanSelfActionLawIndividualEconomyGreaterRightsHabitReformDenialIdleSoberIndustriousSelf-denial Book:Self-help: With Illustrations of Charakter, Conduct and Perseverance Source: Self-help: With Illustrations of Charakter, Conduct and Perseverance
“Animal rights is a part of my everyday life. When you live by example, you create a certain level of awareness. Friends of mine - people I have never discussed animal rights or vegetarianism with - are adopting vegetarian habits because they see it.” PeopleCertainAnimalLevelsRightsAwarenessExampleMinesHabitEverydayLive ByVegetarianAnimal RightsEveryday LifeVegetarianismAdopting Author:Joaquin Phoenix