John Stuart Mill
"A man 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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"He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that."
"One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests."
"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative."
"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 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 impede their efforts to obtain it."