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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.

John Stuart Mill

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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Aspect Examination Ideas Ourselves Support Truth
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
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
Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.
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Feeling Mindset Oneself Original
Liberty lies in the rights of that person whose views you find most odious.
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Finding Freedom Liberty Lying Right
Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you cease to be so.
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Happiness Philosophy Question
When one’s ideas are not challenged, one’s ability to defend them weakens.
JOHN STUART MILL

Ability Challenge Defend Ideas Weakness
Persons of genius, it is true, are, and are always likely to be, a small minority; but in order to have them, it is necessary to preserve the soil in which they grow.
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Genius Growth Minority Person Preserve Small
The perpetual obstacle to human advancement is custom.
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Advancement Custom Human Obstacle
Stupidity is much the same all the world over.
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Stupidity World
Truth gains more even by the errors of one who, with due study and preparation, thinks for himself, than by the true opinions of those who only hold them because they do not suffer themselves to think.
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Errors Opinion Preparation Suffering Thinking Truth
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
He who does anything because it is the custom, makes no choice.
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Choice Custom Himself
To understand one woman is not necessarily to understand any other woman.
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Different Understand Unique Woman
The moral influence of woman over man is almost always salutary.
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Influence Moral Salutation Woman
Language is the light of the mind.
JOHN STUART MILL

Language Light Mindset

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