The only part of the conduct of any one for which he is amenable to society is that which concerns others. In the part which merely concerns himself his independence is of right absolute. Over himself over his own body and mind the individual is sovereign.

Society attacks early when the individual is helpless.

The individual is not accountable to society for his actions in so far as these concern the interests of no person but himself.

Society cares for the individual only so far as he is profitable.

Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness of virtue and sin among the members of a society.

Society does not consist of individuals but expresses the sum of interrelations the relations within which these individuals stand.

In bourgeois society capital is independent and has individuality while the living person is dependent and has no individuality.

The most important element of a free society where individual rights are held in the highest esteem is the rejection of the initiation of violence.

Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others they are dragged down by the mass either by ridicule or slander.

A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable.