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"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. 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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"If mankind minus one were of one opinion, then mankind is no more justified in silencing the one than the one - if he had the power - would be justified in silencing mankind."
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By John Stuart Mill
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"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. 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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"Indeed the dictum that truth always triumphs over persecution, is one of those pleasant falsehoods which men repeat after one another till they pass into common places, but which all experience refutes."
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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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"Those only are happy who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness: on the happiness of others, on the improvement of mankind, even on some art or pursuit followed not as a means, but as itself an ideal end. Aiming at something else, they find happiness by the way."
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By 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"
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"Solitude, in the sense of being often alone, is essential to any depth of meditation or of character and solitude in the presenc"
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"Indeed the dictum that truth always triumphs over persecution, is one of those pleasant falsehoods which men repeat after one an"
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"The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to p"
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