A man and still more the woman, who can be accused either of doing “what nobody does,” or of not doing “what everybody does,” is the subject of as much depreciatory remark as if he or she had committed some grave moral delinquency.
JOHN STUART MILLTo 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.
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Human beings are no longer born to their place in life…but are free to employ their faculties and such favorable chances as offer, to achieve the lot which may appear to them as desirable.
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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.
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Pleasure and freedom from pain, are the only things desirable as ends.
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Whatever crushes individuality is despotism.
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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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It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool, or the pig, are of a different opinion, it is because they only know their own side of the question.
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A profound conviction raises a man above the feeling of ridicule.
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The love of power and the love of liberty are in eternal antagonism.
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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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All attempts by the State to bias the conclusions of its citizens on disputed subjects, are evil.
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He who does anything because it is the custom, makes no choice.
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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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To bring a child into existence without a fair prospect of being able, not only to provide food for its body, but instruction and training for its mind is a moral crime, both against the unfortunate offspring and against society.
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Men do not desire to be rich, but to be richer than other men.
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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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A state which dwarfs its men, in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands even for beneficial purposes–will find that with small men no great thing can really be accomplished.
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Landlords grow rich in their sleep without working, risking or economising.
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Human nature is not a machine to be built after a model, and set to do exactly the work prescribed for it, but a tree, which requires to grow and develop itself on all sides, according to the tendency of the inward forces which make it a living thing.
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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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The object of universities is not to make skillful lawyers, physicians or engineers. It is to make capable and cultivated human beings.
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Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.
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There is an imaginary circle drawn around every human being, over which no government should be able to step.
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Liberty lies in the rights of that person whose views you find most odious.
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The idea that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of those pleasant falsehoods, which most experience refutes. History is teeming with instances of truth put down by persecution. If not put down forever, it may be set back for centuries.
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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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There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.
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