All political revolutions, not affected by foreign conquest, originate in moral revolutions. The subversion of established institutions is merely one consequence of the previous subversion of established opinions.

JOHN STUART MILL

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All political revolutions, not affected by foreign conquest, originate in moral revolutions. The subversion of established institutions is merely one consequence of the previous subversion of established opinions.

John Stuart Mill

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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.

JOHN STUART MILL

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.
JOHN STUART MILL

Name Pursue
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.

JOHN STUART MILL

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.
JOHN STUART MILL

Development
A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

JOHN STUART MILL

A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.
JOHN STUART MILL

Willing
Landlords grow rich in their sleep without working, risking or economising.

JOHN STUART MILL

Landlords grow rich in their sleep without working, risking or economising.
JOHN STUART MILL
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.

JOHN STUART MILL

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.
JOHN STUART MILL

Minority Preserve Small
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
All that makes existence valuable to any one depends on the enforcement of restraints upon the actions of other people.

JOHN STUART MILL

All that makes existence valuable to any one depends on the enforcement of restraints upon the actions of other people.
JOHN STUART MILL
The human faculties of perception, judgment, discriminative feeling, mental activity, and even moral preference, are exercised only in making a choice. He who does anything because it is the custom, makes no choice.

JOHN STUART MILL

The human faculties of perception, judgment, discriminative feeling, mental activity, and even moral preference, are exercised only in making a choice. He who does anything because it is the custom, makes no choice.
JOHN STUART MILL

Discrimination Faculty
The most cogent reason for restricting the interference of government is the great evil of adding unnecessarily to its power.

JOHN STUART MILL

The most cogent reason for restricting the interference of government is the great evil of adding unnecessarily to its power.
JOHN STUART MILL
Over one’s mind and over one’s body the individual is sovereign.

JOHN STUART MILL

Over one’s mind and over one’s body the individual is sovereign.
JOHN STUART MILL

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

JOHN STUART MILL

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

Majority
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
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
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.

JOHN STUART MILL

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.
JOHN STUART MILL

Assumption
In proportion to the development of his individuality, each person becomes more valuable to himself, and is therefore capable of being more valuable to others.

JOHN STUART MILL

In proportion to the development of his individuality, each person becomes more valuable to himself, and is therefore capable of being more valuable to others.
JOHN STUART MILL

Development
Next to selfishness the principal cause which makes life unsatisfactory is want of mental cultivation.

JOHN STUART MILL

Next to selfishness the principal cause which makes life unsatisfactory is want of mental cultivation.
JOHN STUART MILL

Cultivation

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