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.
JOHN STUART MILLWith 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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The individual is not accountable to society for his actions in so far as these concern the interests of no person but himself.
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Stupidity is much the same all the world over.
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All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.
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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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As often as a study is cultivated by narrow minds, they will draw from it narrow conclusions.
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War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.
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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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In all the more advanced communities the great majority of things are worse done by the intervention of government than the individuals most interested in the matter would do them, or cause them to be done, if left to themselves.
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Whatever crushes individuality is despotism.
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Genius can only breathe freely in an atmosphere of freedom.
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All silencing of discussion is an assumption of infallibility.
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Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.
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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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The object of universities is not to make skillful lawyers, physicians or engineers. It is to make capable and cultivated human beings.
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All that makes existence valuable to any one depends on the enforcement of restraints upon the actions of other people.
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