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JOHN STUART MILLThose only are happy (I thought) who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness.
More John Stuart Mill Quotes
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Liberty lies in the rights of that person whose views you find most odious.
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To refuse a hearing to an opinion, because they are sure that it is false, is to assume that their certainty is the same thing as absolute certainty. All silencing of discussion is an assumption of infallibility.
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Liberty consists in doing what one desires.
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I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.
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Men do not desire to be rich, but to be richer than other men.
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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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A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
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The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement.
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In this age, the man who dares to think for himself and to act independently does a service to his race.
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One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.
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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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To understand one woman is not necessarily to understand any other woman.
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The love of power and the love of liberty are in eternal antagonism.
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In the long-run, the best proof of a good character is good actions.
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The most cogent reason for restricting the interference of government is the great evil of adding unnecessarily to its power.
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