In this age, the man who dares to think for himself and to act independently does a service to his race.
JOHN STUART MILL
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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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In this age, the man who dares to think for himself and to act independently does a service to his race.
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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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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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Language is the light of the mind.
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With equality of experience and of general faculties, a woman usually sees much more than a man of what is immediately before her.
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What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.
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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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To mistake money for wealth, is the same sort of error as to mistake the highway which may be the easiest way of getting to your house or lands, for the house and lands themselves.
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To understand one woman is not necessarily to understand any other woman.
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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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Stupidity is much the same all the world over.
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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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All ideas need to be heard, because each idea contains one aspect of the truth. By examining that aspect, we add to our own idea of the truth. Even ideas that have no truth in them whatsoever are useful because by disproving them, we add support to our own ideas.
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The idea that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of those pleasant falsehoods, which most experience refutes. History is teeming with instances of truth put down by persecution. If not put down forever, it may be set back for centuries.
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