Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure and the absence of pain.
JOHN STUART MILL- All that makes existence valuable to any one depends on the enforcement of restraints upon the actions of other people.
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All that makes existence valuable to any one depends on the enforcement of restraints upon the actions of other people.
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Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure and the absence of pain.
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Landlords grow rich in their sleep without working, risking or economising.
JOHN STUART MILLLandlords grow rich in their sleep without working, risking or economising.
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The 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
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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One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.
JOHN STUART MILLOne person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.
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It is not because men’s desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.
JOHN STUART MILLIt is not because men’s desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.
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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.
JOHN STUART MILLIn 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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In this age, the man who dares to think for himself and to act independently does a service to his race.
JOHN STUART MILLIn this age, the man who dares to think for himself and to act independently does a service to his race.
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Next to selfishness the principal cause which makes life unsatisfactory is want of mental cultivation.
JOHN STUART MILLNext to selfishness the principal cause which makes life unsatisfactory is want of mental cultivation.
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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.
JOHN STUART MILLA 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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There is the greatest difference between presuming an opinion to be true, because, with every opportunity for contesting it, it has not been refuted, and assuming its truth for the purpose of not permitting its refutation.
JOHN STUART MILLThere is the greatest difference between presuming an opinion to be true, because, with every opportunity for contesting it, it has not been refuted, and assuming its truth for the purpose of not permitting its refutation.
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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.
JOHN STUART MILLA 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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The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited; he must not make himself a nuisance to other people.
JOHN STUART MILLThe liberty of the individual must be thus far limited; he must not make himself a nuisance to other people.
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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.
JOHN STUART MILLSolitude 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 that makes existence valuable to any one depends on the enforcement of restraints upon the actions of other people.
JOHN STUART MILLAll that makes existence valuable to any one depends on the enforcement of restraints upon the actions of other people.
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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.
JOHN STUART MILLThe 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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All political revolutions, not affected by foreign conquest, originate in moral revolutions. The subversion of established institutions is merely one consequence of the previous subversion of established opinions.
JOHN STUART MILLAll political revolutions, not affected by foreign conquest, originate in moral revolutions. The subversion of established institutions is merely one consequence of the previous subversion of established opinions.
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