Ernst Junger Quotes

No man is wise enough to be another man's master. Each man's as good as the next -- if not a damn sight better.

I don't substitute anybody else's judgment for my own.

I think people should do whatever they want to do. That's the point. Why should you care what other people think or say? You're not living in their pocket.

Children who know how to think for themselves spoil the harmony of the collective society…

It's good to be an anarchist and just love yourself.

An individualist is a man who says: 'I will not run anyone's life - nor let anyone run mine. I will not rule or be ruled. I will not be a master nor a slave. I will not sacrifice myself to anyone - nor sacrifice anyone to myself.'

You know, what if everybody's wrong in life? And so you have to live your life yourself.

No, our greatness does not come from our government.

You just have to do your own thing, no matter what anyone says. It's your life.

The only person to look out for me is me. I've got to make sure Corey Clark is all right.

Never count on the crowd to take care of you.

I'm not a person who likes authority. I just love the fact that it's up to me, and I go straight to the audience.

People are probably going to realize they can live with a lot less government than what they thought they needed.

Everyone has to kind of fend for themselves.

You have to be concerned with yourself because if you're not on it all the time, nobody else is going to be.

When I was younger, I was drawn to Ayn Rand books and other works of fiction celebrating individualism.

Whatever I do, it's my business. It's not my job to parent America.

I am a rank individualist.

Every people should be originators of their own destiny.

I've always been brought up to stand on my own two feet and not rely too heavily on everyone else around me.

But egoism is more than this. It is the realization by the individual that he is above all institutions and all formulas; that they exist only so far as he chooses to make them his own by accepting them.

You came out of your mother’s belly without government. You have lived so far without the help of government …. How many people in this world live without government, yet do well enough, and are well looked upon?

Man exists for his own sake, and not to add a laborer to the State.

No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destinies to.

Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap.