“This right to life, this right to liberty, and this right to pursue one’s happiness is unabashedly individualistic, without in the slightest denying at the same time our thoroughly social nature. It’s only that our social relations, while vital to us all, must be chosen—that is what makes the crucial difference.”

— Tibor R. Machan

“Collectivist Thinking Is Rife in the USA”, Strike The Root, March 1, 2004 http://www.strike-the-root.com/content/collectivist-thinking-rife-usa

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Hungarian-American philosopher 1939–2016

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