
“In modern industry there is very little that the individual can do by his unaided efforts.”
Source: Liberalism (1911), Chapter VIII, Economic Liberalism, p. 99.
Whether it be wealth achieved through the cooperation of the entire community or riches gained by speculation — in either case the ownership of such wealth or riches represents a great public interest and a great ability to pay.
1930s, Message to Congress on tax revision (1935)
“In modern industry there is very little that the individual can do by his unaided efforts.”
Source: Liberalism (1911), Chapter VIII, Economic Liberalism, p. 99.
“The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.”
Source: Man for Himself (1947), Ch. 4 "Problems of Humanistic Ethics"
Section 29
The Passionate State Of Mind, and Other Aphorisms (1955)
Context: A fateful process is set in motion when the individual is released "to the freedom of his own impotence" and left to justify his existence by his own efforts. The autonomous individual, striving to realize himself and prove his worth, has created all that is great in literature, art, music, science and technology. The autonomous individual, also, when he can neither realize himself nor justify his existence by his own efforts, is a breeding call of frustration, and the seed of the convulsions which shake our world to its foundations.
The individual on his own is stable only so long as he is possessed of self-esteem. The maintenance of self-esteem is a continuous task which taxes all of the individual's powers and inner resources. We have to prove our worth and justify our existence anew each day. When, for whatever reason, self-esteem is unattainable, the autonomous individual becomes a highly explosive entity. He turns away from an unpromising self and plunges into the pursuit of pride — the explosive substitute for self-esteem. All social disturbances and upheavals have their roots in crises of individual self-esteem, and the great endeavor in which the masses most readily unite is basically a search for pride.
Anatol Rapoport. "Mathematical theory of motivation interactions of two individuals," The Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics(1947) 9: 17-28 , March 01, 1947
1940s
1910s, The Progressives, Past and Present (1910)
For My Legionaries: The Iron Guard (1936), Nation and Culture
Source: One is A Crowd: Reflections of An Individualist (1952), pp. 36-37