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No great improvements in the lot of mankind are possible until a great change takes place in the fundamental constitution of their modes of thought.

John Stuart Mill

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The pupil who is never required to do what he cannot do, never does what he can do.
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Ability Action Himself Pupil Work
It is not because men’s desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.
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Act Conscience Desire Man Sick Strong Weakness
Whatever crushes individuality is despotism.
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Crush Despotism Individual
In all intellectual debates, both sides tend to be correct in what they affirm, and wrong in what they deny.
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As often as a study is cultivated by narrow minds, they will draw from it narrow conclusions.
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Landlords grow rich in their sleep without working, risking or economising.
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There is always hope when people are forced to listen to both sides.
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Force Hope Listening Side
So Long as we do not harm others we should be free to think, speak, act, & live as we see fit, without molestation from individuals, law, or gov’t.
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Liberty consists in doing what one desires.
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Desire Liberty Oneself
In the long-run, the best proof of a good character is good actions.
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Action Character Evidence Goodness
In proportion to the development of his individuality, each person becomes more valuable to himself, and is therefore capable of being more valuable to others.
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Development Himself Person Value
Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you cease to be so.
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What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.
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Ability Act Belief Majority Man
When one’s ideas are not challenged, one’s ability to defend them weakens.
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Ability Challenge Defend Ideas Weakness
Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.
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Feeling Mindset Oneself Original
It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day’s toil of any human being.
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Human Invention Light Question

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