What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.

JOHN STUART MILL

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What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.

John Stuart Mill

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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

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

Offend Premium
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.

JOHN STUART MILL

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.
JOHN STUART MILL

Economy Hold Title
The struggle between Liberty and Authority is the most conspicuous feature in the portions of history with which we are earliest familiar; particularly in that of Greece, Rome, and England

JOHN STUART MILL

The struggle between Liberty and Authority is the most conspicuous feature in the portions of history with which we are earliest familiar; particularly in that of Greece, Rome, and England
JOHN STUART MILL

Portion
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.
JOHN STUART MILL

Errors Fatal Tendency
Life has a certain flavor for those who have fought and risked all that the sheltered and protected can never experience.
JOHN STUART MILL

Flavor Shelter
The price paid for intellectual pacification is the sacrifice of the entire moral courage of the human mind.

JOHN STUART MILL

The price paid for intellectual pacification is the sacrifice of the entire moral courage of the human mind.
JOHN STUART MILL

Mindset
However unwillingly a person who has a strong opinion may admit the possibility that his opinion may be false, he ought to be moved by the consideration that, however true it may be, if it is not fully, frequently, and fearlessly discussed, it will be held as a dead dogma, not a living truth.

JOHN STUART MILL

However unwillingly a person who has a strong opinion may admit the possibility that his opinion may be false, he ought to be moved by the consideration that, however true it may be, if it is not fully, frequently, and fearlessly discussed, it will be held as a dead dogma, not a living truth.
JOHN STUART MILL

Discussion
The worth of the state, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it.

JOHN STUART MILL

The worth of the state, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it.
JOHN STUART MILL

Compose
Genius can only breathe freely in an atmosphere of freedom.

JOHN STUART MILL

Genius can only breathe freely in an atmosphere of freedom.
JOHN STUART MILL
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

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
Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.

JOHN STUART MILL

Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.
JOHN STUART MILL

Adoption
To mistake money for wealth, is the same sort of error as to mistake the highway which may be the easiest way of getting to your house or lands, for the house and lands themselves.

JOHN STUART MILL

To mistake money for wealth, is the same sort of error as to mistake the highway which may be the easiest way of getting to your house or lands, for the house and lands themselves.
JOHN STUART MILL

Easy Way
Whatever crushes individuality is despotism.

JOHN STUART MILL

Whatever crushes individuality is despotism.
JOHN STUART MILL

Crush Despotism
There is an imaginary circle drawn around every human being, over which no government should be able to step.

JOHN STUART MILL

There is an imaginary circle drawn around every human being, over which no government should be able to step.
JOHN STUART MILL

Circle
No slave is a slave to the same lengths, and in so full a sense of the word, as a wife is.

JOHN STUART MILL

No slave is a slave to the same lengths, and in so full a sense of the word, as a wife is.
JOHN STUART MILL

Word
Liberty consists in doing what one desires.

JOHN STUART MILL

Liberty consists in doing what one desires.
JOHN STUART MILL

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