Jacob Hornberger Quotes

The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.

It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.

It is easy to be independent when all behind you agree with you, but the difficulty comes when nine hundred and ninety-nine of your friends think you are wrong.

We need more people speaking out. This country is not overrun with rebels and free thinkers. It's overrun with sheep and conformists.

Whoso would be a man must be a non-conformist.

Yeah, I kind of looked around and I can't understand why nobody else is speaking up. Later when I faced the backlash of speaking up, I realized why nobody did.

I have contrarian tendencies.

I cannot keep quiet even when I am a lone voice.

To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.

The hallmark of courage in our age of conformity is the capacity to stand on one's own convictions - not obstinately or defiantly

Freedom is always the freedom of dissenters.

How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.

I think that my music is really empowering. I just want people to know - especially young people, but really everyone - that you don't have to be so caught up in what everyone else is thinking. You don't have to be the coolest, most popular person. You can just be you and be vulnerable.

The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.

Never be afraid to stand with the minority when the minority is right, for the minority which is right will one day be the majority.

Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity in our lifetime.

To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.

I like to step outside of what people's idea of me might be. I suppose that makes me a bit of a rule-breaker. I like to take chances.

I am a contrarian.

I'm not a follower. I'm a leader. And anyone who speaks their mind is always criticised.

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

I think a lot of people have lost respect for the individual, you know, the individual, the person who doesn't conform.

I have never been the type of person who has ever worried about what people think.

Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk. The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.

Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person. And to retain this right, you will have to be willing to take the social or external risks involved in ignoring pressures to do things the way others say they should be done