Men do not desire to be rich, but to be richer than other men.
JOHN STUART MILLThe perpetual obstacle to human advancement is custom.
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It is not because men’s desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.
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Liberty consists in doing what one desires.
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The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement.
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Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.
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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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Stupidity is much the same all the world over.
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The most cogent reason for restricting the interference of government is the great evil of adding unnecessarily to its power.
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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.
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No slave is a slave to the same lengths, and in so full a sense of the word, as a wife is.
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All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.
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Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.
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To tax the larger incomes at a higher percentage than the smaller, is to lay a tax on industry and economy; to impose a penalty on people for having worked harder and saved more than their neighbors.
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Landlords grow rich in their sleep without working, risking or economizing. The increase in the value of land, arising as it does from the efforts of an entire community, should belong to the community and not to the individual who might hold title.
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However unwillingly a person who has a strong opinion may admit the possibility that his opinion may be false, he ought to be moved by the consideration that, however true it may be, if it is not fully, frequently, and fearlessly discussed, it will be held as a dead dogma, not a living truth.
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The fatal tendency of mankind to leave off thinking about a thing when it is no longer doubtful is the cause of half their errors.
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