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Every man is free to do that which he wills, provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other man.
Herbert Spencer
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Herbert Spencer
Born: 1824
Born: April 27
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No place, no company, no age, no person is temptation-free let no man boast that he was never tempted, let him not be high-minded, but fear, for he may be surprised in that very instant wherein he boasteth that he was never tempted at all.
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However insignificant the minority, and however trifling the proposed trespass against their rights, no such trespass is permissible.
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