John Stuart Mill | respect
The duty of man is the same in respect to his own nature as in respect to the nature of all other things, namely not to follow it but to amend it.
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John Stuart Mill | power
The most cogent reason for restricting the interference of government is the great evil of adding unnecessarily to its power.
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John Stuart Mill | power
The only power deserving the name is that of masses, and of governments while they make themselves the organ of the tendencies and instincts of masses.
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John Stuart Mill | power
The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.
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John Stuart Mill | power
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.
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John Stuart Mill | power
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.
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John Stuart Mill | politics
The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.
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John Stuart Mill | nature
The duty of man is the same in respect to his own nature as in respect to the nature of all other things, namely not to follow it but to amend it.
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John Stuart Mill | men
The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.
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