Whatever crushes individuality is despotism.
JOHN STUART MILLThere is always hope when people are forced to listen to both sides.
More John Stuart Mill Quotes
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The fatal tendency of mankind to leave off thinking about a thing when it is no longer doubtful is the cause of half their errors.
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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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Liberty lies in the rights of that person whose views you find most odious.
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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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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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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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The pupil who is never required to do what he cannot do, never does what he can do.
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A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
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Next to selfishness the principal cause which makes life unsatisfactory is want of mental cultivation.
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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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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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A great statesman is he who knows when to depart from traditions, as well as when to adhere to them.
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There is an imaginary circle drawn around every human being, over which no government should be able to step.
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There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.
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Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.
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