Liberty lies in the rights of that person whose views you find most odious.
JOHN STUART MILLThere is always hope when people are forced to listen to both sides.
More John Stuart Mill Quotes
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Landlords grow rich in their sleep without working, risking or economising.
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Solitude in the presence of natural beauty and grandeur is the cradle of thought and aspirations which are not only good for the individual, but which society can ill do without.
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All attempts by the State to bias the conclusions of its citizens on disputed subjects, are evil.
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The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement.
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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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To understand one woman is not necessarily to understand any other woman.
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The individual is not accountable to society for his actions in so far as these concern the interests of no person but himself.
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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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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 liberty of the individual must be thus far limited; he must not make himself a nuisance to other people.
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Photography is a brief complicity between foresight and luck.
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A profound conviction raises a man above the feeling of ridicule.
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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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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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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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