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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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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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The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited he must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

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That the principle which regulates the existing social relations between the two sexes -- the legal subordination of one sex to the other -- is wrong ...more

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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, or...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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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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The object of this Essay is to assert one very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society with the individual in the w...more

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If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that ...more

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We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavouring to stifle is a false opinion; and if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still.

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Judgment is given to men that they may use it. Because it may be used erroneously, are men to be told that they ought not to use it at all? To prohibi...more

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The greater part of the world has, properly speaking, no history, because the despotism of Custom is complete. This is the case over the whole East. C...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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There are no means of finding what either one person or many can do, but by trying - and no means by which anyone else can discover for them what it i...more