Whatever crushes individuality is despotism.
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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Liberty consists in doing what one desires.
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The perpetual obstacle to human advancement is custom.
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All silencing of discussion is an assumption of infallibility.
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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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It is not because men’s desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.
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To understand one woman is not necessarily to understand any other woman.
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A great statesman is he who knows when to depart from traditions, as well as when to adhere to them.
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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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We have a right, also, in various ways, to act upon our unfavorable opinion of anyone, not to the oppression of his individuality, but in the exercise of ours.
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In this age, the man who dares to think for himself and to act independently does a service to his race.
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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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Stupidity is much the same all the world over.
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If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.
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The price paid for intellectual pacification is the sacrifice of the entire moral courage of the human mind.
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Language is the light of the mind.
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