"Collectivism, unlike individualism, holds the group as the primary, and the standard of moral value."
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Mark Da Cunha
Publisher of Capitalism magazine
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I'm not quite sure how to rate this with stars. The statement on its face is an accurate description of "collectivism's" concepts (maybe 5 stars for that ?). Morals, like law, are attributable uniquely to the individual. The observation may be made that a group is moral but, that is because the individuals in the group are moral. Applied collectivism denies inalienable right while enforcing tyranny.
 -- Mike, Norwalk     
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    A 'Collectivism' which holds the 'group' as the primary and the standard of moral value. It can only be 'customary' it cannot be so in terms of the individual-fundamental. Safeguarding the individual ' life' and 'honour' are indeed the two cardinal human concerns and hence the term 'collective judgment' can only mean a human concerted assertion [judgment] of the preservation of human life and honour and punishment for any uncivic or criminal damage to them. So - just human 'collectivism' is not necessirily any valid human universal authority - for it is a mere collection of human individuals - may be with particular intersts like the 'lobbies'.
     -- Vedapushpa, Bangalore - India     
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    Mike,
    That has got to be the most worthless quote I have ever read. Give it a zero. It's only value, if any, is to show the difference between a truism or quote and an aphorism. A truism has so few words, it can only describe a fact the reader already knows. There's no logic, no lesson; no reason to read it. An aphorism is several sentences; much longer than a mere quote. It tries to teach or convert the reader.
    If you go to Google to look for libertarian, even conservative aphorisms you find lots of collections; that's how I found liberty-tree. You will find not a single collection of a liberal or progressive theme "aphorisms." But if you Google "quotes" there's lots of them.
     -- Walter Clark, Fullerton CA     
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    Walter, I like it, thanks ;-)
     -- Mike, Norwalk     
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    True enough.

    What's wrong with a truism? How about a 'saying'? Proverb, axiom, motto ... ?
     -- E Archer, NYC     
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    sucks!
     -- Esteven, milwaukee     
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    An attribute of nature’s law is: “When man is properly organized, he is able to discover moral good from moral evil; and the study of man proves that man is not only an intelligent, but a free being, and he is therefore responsible for his actions.” (Bouvier’s Law Dictionary) The morals of the current occupying statist theocracy infesting this land is a fulfillment of Isaiah 5:20 ". . .call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!”
     -- Mike, Norwalk     
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    If you properly collect your individual selves you"ll find that the your individual self is in line with collective whole population.  The supporting statement says that all principles hold the same integrity as the simple principle as 2+2=4. The collective and individual are one and same, simple. Right is right for everyone.
     -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown     
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    Correction again: If you properly collect your individual selves you'll find that the individual self is in line with the collective whole population. The supporting statement says that all principles holds the same integrity as the simple principle of 2+2=4. The collective and individual are one and the same, simple. Right is right for everyone.
     -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown     
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    Sillik, your theocratic diatribe has no basis in fact, history or truth. The "collective whole population" is another term for slavery with no hope for individual sovereignty, inalienable rights or liberty.
     -- Mike, Norwalk     
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