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A profound conviction raises a man above the feeling of ridicule.
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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The worth of the state, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it.
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Truth gains more even by the errors of one who, with due study and preparation, thinks for himself, than by the true opinions of those who only hold them because they do not suffer themselves to think.
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All silencing of discussion is an assumption of infallibility.
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Every opinion which embodies somewhat of the portion of truth which the common opinion omits, ought to be considered precious, with whatever amount of error and confusion that truth may be blended.
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In early times, the great majority of the male sex were slaves, as well as the whole of the female. And many ages elapsed, some of them ages of high cultivation, before any thinker was bold enough to question the rightfulness, and the absolute social necessity, either of the one slavery or of the other.
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Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.
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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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Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians, provided the end be their improvement.
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In the long-run, the best proof of a good character is good actions.
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A person's taste is as much his own peculiar concern as his opinion or his purse.
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All attempts by the State to bias the conclusions of its citizens on disputed subjects, are evil.
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