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All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.

John Stuart Mill

The individual is not accountable to society for his actions in so far as these concern the interests of no person but himself.
JOHN STUART MILL

Action Himself Individual Person
All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.
JOHN STUART MILL

Existence Goodness Object Original Result
The moral influence of woman over man is almost always salutary.
JOHN STUART MILL

Influence Moral Salutation Woman
Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.
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Adoption Experience Greatness Movement
The price paid for intellectual pacification is the sacrifice of the entire moral courage of the human mind.
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Courage Human Intellectual Mindset Pay Price
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
Since the state must necessarily provide subsistence for the criminal poor while undergoing punishment, not to do the same for the poor who have not offended is to give a premium on crime.
JOHN STUART MILL

Crime Necessary Offend Premium Punishment State
Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.
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Bad End Goodness Man
In all intellectual debates, both sides tend to be correct in what they affirm, and wrong in what they deny.
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Affirmation Correct Debate Intellectual Wrong
A person should be free to do as he likes in his own concerns; but he ought not to be free to do as he likes in acting for another, under the pretext that the affairs of the other are his own affairs.
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Affair Concern Freedom Himself Person
Those only are happy (I thought) who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness.
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Happiness Myself Object Thinking
A profound conviction raises a man above the feeling of ridicule.
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Conviction Feeling Man Raise
We have a right, also, in various ways, to act upon our unfavorable opinion of anyone, not to the oppression of his individuality, but in the exercise of ours.
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Act Exercise Ourselves Right Way
Since the general or prevailing opinion on any subject is rarely or never the whole truth, it is only by the collision of adverse opinion that the remainder of the truth has any chance of being supplied.
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Adverse Chance Opinion Subject Supply Truth
Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.
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Conservative People Stupidity True
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.
JOHN STUART MILL

Freedom Government Harm Law Live Thinking

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