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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
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John Stuart Mill
Age: 67 †
Born: 1806
Born: January 1
Died: 1873
Died: January 1
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He who lets the world choose his plan of life for him has need of no other faculty than that of ape-like imitation.
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Each undervalues that part of the materials of thought with which he is not familiar.
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