He who does anything because it is the custom, makes no choice.
JOHN STUART MILLThe struggle between Liberty and Authority is the most conspicuous feature in the portions of history with which we are earliest familiar; particularly in that of Greece, Rome, and England
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The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited; he must not make himself a nuisance to other people.
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Language is the light of the mind.
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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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The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement.
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The idea that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of those pleasant falsehoods, which most experience refutes. History is teeming with instances of truth put down by persecution. If not put down forever, it may be set back for centuries.
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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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There is one plain rule of life. Try thyself unweariedly till thou findest the highest thing thou art capable of doing, faculties and outward circumstances being both duly considered, and then do it.
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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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There is always hope when people are forced to listen to both sides.
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Photography is a brief complicity between foresight and luck.
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The study of science teaches young men to think, while study of the classics teaches them to express thought.
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The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.
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In the long-run, the best proof of a good character is good actions.
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A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.
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He who lets the world choose his plan of life for him has need of no other faculty than that of ape-like imitation.
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