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James Fenimore Cooper on Society

1789–1851 United States

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Those families, you know, are our upper crust—not upper ten thousand.

The Ways of the Hour (1850)

All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes in common with all around him, will never have any other than an existence of mediocrity.

Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving to the citizen as much freedom of action and of being, as comports with order and the rights of others, the institutions render him truly a freeman. He is left to pursue his means of happiness in his own manner.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: James Fenimore Cooper (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.