It is probable that democracy owes more to nonconformity than to any other single movement.
I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.
In this age, the mere example of nonconformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service.
Nonconformity is an empty goal, and rebellion against prevailing opinion merely because it is prevailing should no more be praised than acquiescence to it. Indeed, it is often a mask for cowardice, and few are more pathetic than those who flaunt outer differences to expiate their inner surrender.
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