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The study of science teaches young men to think, while study of the classics teaches them to express thought.

John Stuart Mill

A democratic constitution, not supported by democratic institutions in detail, but confined to the central government, not only is not political freedom, but often creates a spirit precisely the reverse, carrying down to the lowest grade in society the desire and ambition of political domination.
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Ambition Creation Democracy Desire Domination Grade Institution Politics Society Spirit
Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you cease to be so.
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Happiness Philosophy Question
How can great minds be produced in a country where the test of great minds is agreeing in the opinion of small minds?
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Greatness Mindset Opinion Small
Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.
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Adoption Experience Greatness Movement
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
A man and still more the woman, who can be accused either of doing “what nobody does,” or of not doing “what everybody does,” is the subject of as much depreciatory remark as if he or she had committed some grave moral delinquency.
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Grave Man Moral Remark Woman
The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement.
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Advancement Custom Despotism Human
Liberty consists in doing what one desires.
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Desire Liberty Oneself
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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Discussion Himself Live Opinion Person Possible Strong Truth
A great statesman is he who knows when to depart from traditions, as well as when to adhere to them.
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Greatness Known Tradition
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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Economy Growth Hold Rich Sleep Title
Landlords grow rich in their sleep without working, risking or economising.
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Growth Money Rich Risk Sleep
When one’s ideas are not challenged, one’s ability to defend them weakens.
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Ability Challenge Defend Ideas Weakness
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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Fundamental Greatness Improvement Thinking
Those only are happy (I thought) who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness.
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Happiness Myself Object Thinking
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
The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant.
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Himself Moral Prevent Purpose Right Willing
The moral influence of woman over man is almost always salutary.
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Influence Moral Salutation Woman
He who does anything because it is the custom, makes no choice.
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Choice Custom Himself
All that makes existence valuable to any one depends on the enforcement of restraints upon the actions of other people.
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Action Existence People Value
Language is the light of the mind.
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Language Light Mindset
Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.
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Feeling Mindset Oneself Original
Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.
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Conservative People Stupidity True
There is an imaginary circle drawn around every human being, over which no government should be able to step.
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Circle Government Imagination Step
All attempts by the State to bias the conclusions of its citizens on disputed subjects, are evil.
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Conclusion Evil State Subject
One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.
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Belief Equality Interest Person
Photography is a brief complicity between foresight and luck.
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Brief Complex Luck Photography

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