With equality of experience and of general faculties, a woman usually sees much more than a man of what is immediately before her.
JOHN STUART MILLA 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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Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.
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In the long-run, the best proof of a good character is good actions.
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It is not because men’s desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.
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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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In proportion to the development of his individuality, each person becomes more valuable to himself, and is therefore capable of being more valuable to others.
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No slave is a slave to the same lengths, and in so full a sense of the word, as a wife is.
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The most cogent reason for restricting the interference of government is the great evil of adding unnecessarily to its power.
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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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Landlords grow rich in their sleep without working, risking or economizing. The increase in the value of land, arising as it does from the efforts of an entire community, should belong to the community and not to the individual who might hold title.
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The love of power and the love of liberty are in eternal antagonism.
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To understand one woman is not necessarily to understand any other woman.
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All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.
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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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The spirit of improvement is not always a spirit of liberty, for it may aim at forcing improvements on an unwilling people.
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Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.
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