What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.
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.
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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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It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool, or the pig, are of a different opinion, it is because they only know their own side of the question.
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It is not because men’s desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.
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All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.
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He who lets the world choose his plan of life for him has need of no other faculty than that of ape-like imitation.
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Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you cease to be so.
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Since the general or prevailing opinion on any subject is rarely or never the whole truth, it is only by the collision of adverse opinion that the remainder of the truth has any chance of being supplied.
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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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A profound conviction raises a man above the feeling of ridicule.
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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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I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.
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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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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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To bring a child into existence without a fair prospect of being able, not only to provide food for its body, but instruction and training for its mind is a moral crime, both against the unfortunate offspring and against society.
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The perpetual obstacle to human advancement is custom.
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