I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.
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.
More John Stuart Mill Quotes
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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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The perpetual obstacle to human advancement is custom.
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Landlords grow rich in their sleep without working, risking or economising.
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Over one’s mind and over one’s body the individual is sovereign.
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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
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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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The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited; he must not make himself a nuisance to other people.
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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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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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In the long-run, the best proof of a good character is good actions.
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Liberty consists in doing what one desires.
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It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day’s toil of any human being.
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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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A state which dwarfs its men, in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands even for beneficial purposes–will find that with small men no great thing can really be accomplished.
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