Baruch Spinoza Quotes

Men are beginning to realize that they are not individuals but persons in society, that man alone is weak and adrift, that he must seek strength in common action.

Our Union cannot safely stand on the cold calculation of interest alone.

We are tethered to our kind, and may as well join hands in the struggle.

We cannot change the world alone. To heal ourselves, to restore the earth to life, to create the situations in which freedom can flourish, we must work together in groups.

Europe and America must act together in the face of evil. It's high time for Americans and Europeans to restore that unity and be able to take actions collectively together.

There is no stability without solidarity and no solidarity without stability.

Solidarity is the basis of my politics.

If co-operation, is thus the lifeblood of science and technology, it is similarly vital to society as a whole.

In not my, but our collective hands, is held the promise of change.

Within each such social group, a feeling of solidarity prevails, a compelling need to work together and a joy in doing so that represent a high moral value.

We believe that in times like these we should turn to each other, not on each other. We believe that government has a role to play, not in solving every problem in everybody's life but in helping people help themselves to the American dream. That's what Democrats believe.

Reciprocity helps us balance the need for self-determination and creative individuality with mutual hope and, therefore, what might be described as 'solidarity.'

I'll lift you and you lift me, and we'll both ascend together.

A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm

Collective effort can produce collective security and that if such effort is not made, it is because the will and the courage to make it are not there.

Men will find that they can prepare with mutual aid far more easily what they need, and avoid far more easily the perils which beset them on all sides, by united force.

There is no way we can go forward except together and no way anybody can win except by serving the people’s urgent needs. We cannot stand still or slip backwards. We must go forward now together.

I respect and value the ideals of rugged individualism and self-reliance. But rugged individualism didn't defeat the British, it didn't get us to the moon, build our nation's highways, or map the human genome. We did that together. This is the high call of patriotism.

Are we strong? Can we defend ourselves? Are we standing shoulder to shoulder? Do we stand up for each other?

I really believe in a community effort.

The reason I got into this union was to bring people together.

It's not about someone making a difference on their own; it's about everybody pulling together to make a difference.

It's not so much what one person does. It's what we do as a team.

The best way to protect your own freedom is to watch everybody else's back. That's the essence of community.

We can't be naive and think we can go it alone; we must humble ourselves and commit to routine and collective actions. This is just one reason why I am thrilled to be working with the UN Environment as its Goodwill Ambassador.