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- Indeed the dictum that truth always triumphs over persecution, is one of those pleasant falsehoods which men repeat after one another till they pass into common places, but which all experience refutes.
- John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873)
- The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant.
- John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873), On Liberty
- Everyone who receives the protection of society owes a return for the benefit.
- John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873), On Liberty
- Over one's mind and over one's body the individual is sovereign.
- John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873), On Liberty
- Next to selfishness the principal cause which makes life unsatisfactory is want of mental cultivation.
- John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873), Defence of Hedonism
- 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 (1806 - 1873), On Liberty, 1859
- But society has now fairly got the better of individuality; and the danger which threatens human nature is not the excess, but the deficiency, of personal impulses and preferences.
- John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873), On Liberty,chapter 3, 1859
- That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in the next.
- John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873)
- A person may cause evil to others not only by his action but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
- John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873)
- We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavoring to stifle is a false opinion; and if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still.
- John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873)
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