The love of power and the love of liberty are in eternal antagonism.
JOHN STUART MILLLiberty consists in doing what one desires.
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There is always hope when people are forced to listen to both sides.
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Over one’s mind and over one’s body the individual is sovereign.
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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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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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A great statesman is he who knows when to depart from traditions, as well as when to adhere to them.
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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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As often as a study is cultivated by narrow minds, they will draw from it narrow conclusions.
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The 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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Whatever crushes individuality is despotism.
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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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The moral influence of woman over man is almost always salutary.
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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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Language is the light of the mind.
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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.
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The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.
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