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A great statesman is he who knows when to depart from traditions, as well as when to adhere to them.

John Stuart Mill

Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.
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Feeling Mindset Oneself Original
Language is the light of the mind.
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Language Light Mindset
All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.
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Existence Goodness Object Original Result
The human faculties of perception, judgment, discriminative feeling, mental activity, and even moral preference, are exercised only in making a choice. He who does anything because it is the custom, makes no choice.
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Activity Choice Discrimination Faculty Human Mental
Whatever crushes individuality is despotism.
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Crush Despotism Individual
A great statesman is he who knows when to depart from traditions, as well as when to adhere to them.
JOHN STUART MILL

Greatness Known Tradition
He who does anything because it is the custom, makes no choice.
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Choice Custom Himself
The object of universities is not to make skillful lawyers, physicians or engineers. It is to make capable and cultivated human beings.
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Human Lawyer Object University
The worth of the state, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it.
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Compose Individual State Worth
The love of power and the love of liberty are in eternal antagonism.
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Eternal Liberty Love Power
Since the state must necessarily provide subsistence for the criminal poor while undergoing punishment, not to do the same for the poor who have not offended is to give a premium on crime.
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Crime Necessary Offend Premium Punishment State
To bring a child into existence without a fair prospect of being able, not only to provide food for its body, but instruction and training for its mind is a moral crime, both against the unfortunate offspring and against society.
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Children Crime Existence Instruction Mindset Prospect Society Training
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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Freedom Government Harm Law Live Thinking
A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
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Action Evil Injury Oneself Person
One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.
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Belief Equality Interest Person
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

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