John Stuart Mill
“The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement.”
“Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.”
“Landlords grow rich in their sleep without working, risking, or economizing.”
“Genius can breathe freely only in an atmosphere of freedom.”
“Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.”
“The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others.”
“He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that.”
“Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.”