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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...more

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The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage it contained. That so...more

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To think that because those who wield power in society wield in the end that of government, therefore it is of no use to attempt to influence the cons...more

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Society can and does execute its own mandates: and if it issues wrong mandates instead of right, or any mandates at all in things with it ought not to...more

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In this age, the mere example of non-conformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service. Precisely because the tyranny of op...more

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A person whose desires and impulses are his own—are the expression of his own nature, as it has been developed and modified by his own culture—is said...more

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Experience has taught me that those who give their time to the absorbing claims of what is called society, not having leisure to keep up a large acqua...more