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entity, or person, in himself and by virtue of merely being born. The individual comes first—the State comes after. That individual posesses inherent and unalienable rights to pursue his happiness within a society in which men deal with each other as equals before the law.
It does not mean the individual can do as he pleases without regard for other individuals. There must be liminations on each individual to prevent his destroying the rights of other individuals. It also means we cannot serve the common good, as is often beleived, by abolishing individual rights; for what we call the common good is the sum total of each individual good. There can be no good except as it is goo^l for individuals. The whole is the sum of its parts. Individuals must be made sound and strong if the whole is to be sound and strong.
Individualism means the right of every individual to own property, to make contracts with other individuals, to speak his mind, either in print or by word of mouth, to meet in assembly with other persons, to worship God, to engage in business or occupation of his own choosing—all subject to common justice—that is, to laws or rules which protect and preserve the rights of all individuals from being destroyed by unrestrained exercise of rights by some individuals. America was founded, grew great, will continue to live and grow greater, on that individualism.
A simple way to say it is that we must understand and believe in God and in his laws. A very wise and good man, speaking to individuals, once said it this way: “Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." That is the moral and spiritual basis of individualism.
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