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John Stuart Mill
Age: 67 †
Born: 1806
Born: January 1
Died: 1873
Died: January 1
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Almost all rich veins of original and striking speculation have been opened by systematic half-thinkers.
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To discover to the world something which deeply concerns it, and of which it was previously ignorant to prove to it that it had been mistaken on some vital point of temporal or spiritual interest, is as important a service as a human being can render to his fellow creatures.
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The individual is not accountable to society for his actions in so far as these concern the interests of no person but himself.
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In this age, the mere example of nonconformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service.
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I had learnt from experience that many false opinions may be exchanged for true ones, without in the least altering the habits of mind of which false opinions are made.
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Whatever helps to shape the human being - to make the individual what he is, or hinder him from being what he is not - is part of his education.
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It is conceivable that religion may be morally useful without being intellectually sustainable.
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The moment one asks himself whether he is happy, he ceases to be so.
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So much barbarism, however, still remains in the transactions of most civilized nations, that almost all independent countries choose to assert their nationality by having, to their inconvenience and that of their neighbors, a peculiar currency of their own.
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Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.
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Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians, provided the end be their improvement.
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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.
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Among the facts of the universe to be accounted for, it may be said, is Mind and it is self evident that nothing can have produced Mind but Mind.
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The great majority of those who speak of perfectibility as a dream, do so because they feel that it is one which would afford them no pleasure if it were realized.
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Every established fact which is too bad to admit of any other defence is always presented to us as an injunction of religion.
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Liberty consists in doing what one desires.
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The moral influence of woman over man is almost always salutary.
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The worth of the state, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it.
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All action is for the sake of some end and rules of action, it seems natural to suppose, must take their whole character and color from the end to which they are subservient.
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In this age, the man who dares to think for himself and to act independently does a service to his race.
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