John Stuart Mill

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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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. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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Life has a certain flavor for those who have fought and risked all that the sheltered and protected can never experience. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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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. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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If all mankind minus one were of one 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. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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