Life has a certain flavor for those who have fought and risked all that the sheltered and protected can never experience.
JOHN STUART MILL
All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.
More John Stuart Mill Quotes
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A democratic constitution, not supported by democratic institutions in detail, but confined to the central government, not only is not political freedom, but often creates a spirit precisely the reverse, carrying down to the lowest grade in society the desire and ambition of political domination.
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The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited; he must not make himself a nuisance to other people.
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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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Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.
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Photography is a brief complicity between foresight and luck.
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The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.
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Whatever crushes individuality is despotism.
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He who does anything because it is the custom, makes no choice.
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Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you cease to be so.
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The study of science teaches young men to think, while study of the classics teaches them to express thought.
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Let not any one pacify his conscience by the delusion that he can do no harm if he takes no part, and forms no opinion. Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.
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One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.
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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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