A great statesman is he who knows when to depart from traditions, as well as when to adhere to them.
JOHN STUART MILLThe 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.
More John Stuart Mill Quotes
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All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.
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The worth of the state, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it.
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Human beings are no longer born to their place in life…but are free to employ their faculties and such favorable chances as offer, to achieve the lot which may appear to them as desirable.
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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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Men do not desire to be rich, but to be richer than other men.
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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.
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The spirit of improvement is not always a spirit of liberty, for it may aim at forcing improvements on an unwilling people.
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The human faculties of perception, judgment, discriminative feeling, mental activity, and even moral preference, are exercised only in making a choice. He who does anything because it is the custom, makes no choice.
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One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.
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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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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.
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Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.
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To understand one woman is not necessarily to understand any other woman.
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All silencing of discussion is an assumption of infallibility.
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The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement.
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