All attempts by the State to bias the conclusions of its citizens on disputed subjects, are evil.
JOHN STUART MILLWhat distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.
More John Stuart Mill Quotes
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Genius can only breathe freely in an atmosphere of freedom.
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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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The fatal tendency of mankind to leave off thinking about a thing when it is no longer doubtful is the cause of half their errors.
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It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day’s toil of any human being.
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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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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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A great statesman is he who knows when to depart from traditions, as well as when to adhere to them.
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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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Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.
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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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Life has a certain flavor for those who have fought and risked all that the sheltered and protected can never experience.
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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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All ideas need to be heard, because each idea contains one aspect of the truth. By examining that aspect, we add to our own idea of the truth. Even ideas that have no truth in them whatsoever are useful because by disproving them, we add support to our own ideas.
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The worth of the state, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it.
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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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