Genius can only breathe freely in an atmosphere of freedom.
JOHN STUART MILLBad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.
More John Stuart Mill Quotes
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Men do not desire to be rich, but to be richer than other men.
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The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.
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I did not mean that Conservatives are generally stupid; I meant, that stupid persons are generally Conservative. I believe that to be so obvious and undeniable a fact that I hardly think any hon. Gentleman will question it.
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Let not any one pacify his conscience by the delusion that he can do no harm if he takes no part, and forms no opinion. Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.
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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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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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Those only are happy (I thought) who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness.
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Life has a certain flavor for those who have fought and risked all that the sheltered and protected can never experience.
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One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.
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The perpetual obstacle to human advancement is custom.
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The love of power and the love of liberty are in eternal antagonism.
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Persons of genius, it is true, are, and are always likely to be, a small minority; but in order to have them, it is necessary to preserve the soil in which they grow.
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Next to selfishness the principal cause which makes life unsatisfactory is want of mental cultivation.
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To understand one woman is not necessarily to understand any other woman.
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As often as a study is cultivated by narrow minds, they will draw from it narrow conclusions.
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