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Liberty consists in doing what one desires.

John Stuart Mill

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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Equality Experience Herself Man Woman
So Long as we do not harm others we should be free to think, speak, act, & live as we see fit, without molestation from individuals, law, or gov’t.
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Freedom Government Harm Law Live Thinking
Over one’s mind and over one’s body the individual is sovereign.
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Body Mindset Oneself Sovereign
A great statesman is he who knows when to depart from traditions, as well as when to adhere to them.
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Greatness Known Tradition
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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Choice Himself Imitation Planning World
Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you cease to be so.
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Happiness Philosophy Question
As often as a study is cultivated by narrow minds, they will draw from it narrow conclusions.
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Conclusion Cultivation Draw Narrow Study
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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Age Dare Independent Man Race Service
A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
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Action Evil Injury Oneself Person
The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement.
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Advancement Custom Despotism Human
To understand one woman is not necessarily to understand any other woman.
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Different Understand Unique Woman
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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Accomplishment Finding Hands Instrument Man Order Purpose State
The pupil who is never required to do what he cannot do, never does what he can do.
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Ability Action Himself Pupil Work
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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Greatness Mindset Opinion Small
Whatever crushes individuality is despotism.
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Crush Despotism Individual
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.
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Desire Learning Satisfaction Seek

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