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The worth of a state in the long run is the worth of the individuals composing it.

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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, o...more

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I have a hundred times heard him say, that all ages and nations have represented their gods as wicked, in a constantly increasing progression; that ma...more

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All that has been said of the importance of individuality of character, and diversity in opinions andmodes of conduct, involves, as of the same unspea...more

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There are many who consider as an injury to themselves any conduct which they have a distaste for, and resent it as an outrage to their feelings; as a...more

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Whoever fails in the consideration generally due to the interests and feelings of others, not being compelled by some more imperative duty, or justifi...more

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Even despotism does not produce its worst effects, so long as individuality exists under it; and whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whate...more

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But these few are the salt of the earth; without them, human life would become a stagnant pool. Not only is it they who introduce good things which di...more