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The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement.

John Stuart Mill

Let not any one pacify his conscience by the delusion that he can do no harm if he takes no part, and forms no opinion. Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.
JOHN STUART MILL

Conscience Form Goodness Harm Man Oneself
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
A great statesman is he who knows when to depart from traditions, as well as when to adhere to them.
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Greatness Known Tradition
Liberty consists in doing what one desires.
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Desire Liberty Oneself
Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.
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Adoption Experience Greatness Movement
As often as a study is cultivated by narrow minds, they will draw from it narrow conclusions.
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Conclusion Cultivation Draw Narrow Study
All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.
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Existence Goodness Object Original Result
Genius can only breathe freely in an atmosphere of freedom.
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Atmosphere Breathe Freedom Genius
There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.
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Home Meaning Personal Realize Truth
One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.
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Belief Equality Interest Person
He who does anything because it is the custom, makes no choice.
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Choice Custom Himself
What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.
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Ability Act Belief Majority Man
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.
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Errors Fatal Mistake Reason Tendency Thinking
The moral influence of woman over man is almost always salutary.
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Influence Moral Salutation Woman
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.
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Development Himself Person Value
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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Action Evil Injury Oneself Person

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