One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.
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The sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection.John Stuart Mill
Unquestionably, it is possible to do without happiness; it is done involuntarily by nineteen-twentieths of mankind.
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The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns others. In the part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.
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The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited; he must not make himself a nuisance to other people.
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What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.
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