Albert Einstein, 1879-1955
was an US (German-born) physicist
It is only to the individual that a soul is given.
William James, 1842-1910
was an US Pragmatist philosopher and psychologist
The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community.
The individual must not merely wait and criticize, he must defend the cause the best he can. The fate of the world will be such as the world deserves.