Besides the healthcare bill being unconstitutional and a great expansion of federal government I think if it does not respect people's individual religious views and makes groups or individuals do things that are contrary to their deeply held beliefs there is going to be a visceral negative reaction.
What's natural and right is to go with the energy of how it all has to work together. What's natural and right is interconnectedness not individualism. What is natural and right is respect for the system not killing the system. What's natural and right is love.
With respect to the respective French and German traditions you are no doubt correct although I am reluctant to see individual achievement reduced to archetypes.
Just as the process of repealing national alcohol prohibition began with individual states repealing their own prohibition laws so individual states must now take the initiative with respect to repealing marijuana prohibition laws.
If the individual is to be happy in the contemporary order he must be open-minded with respect to new values and new arrangements.
I met Jesse Owens once. He was a remarkable individual and I have tremendous respect for what he did in the Olympics under the circumstances.
Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man.
Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others.
There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual but you cannot make him respect you.
Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not.