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John Stewart Mill

(20 May 1806 – 7 May 1873) was an English philosopher, political economist, politician, and civil servant.

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A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.

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Genius can only breathe freely in an atmosphere of freedom.

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He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them. But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion.

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How can great minds be produced in a country where the test of great minds is agreeing in the opinion of small minds?

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If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.

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In the long-run, the best proof of a good character is good actions.

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It is not because men’s desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.

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Liberty lies in the rights of that person whose views you find most odious.

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Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves, than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest.

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Popular opinions, on subjects not palpable to sense, are often true, but seldom or never the whole truth.

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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. Each is the proper guardian of his own health, whether bodily, or mental or spiritual. Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves, than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest.

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The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of the opinion is, that it is robbing the human race.

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The worst offense of this kind which can be committed by a polemic, is to stigmatize those who hold the contrary opinion as bad and immoral men.

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There is always hope when people are forced to listen to both sides.

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Truth emerges from the clash of adverse ideas.

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