"It is not the business of the law to make people good, but to prevent them from doing harm."

"In the case of any person whose conduct affects prejudicially the interests of others, there is no room for the argument that he should be allowed to do as he likes, because it is his own affair."

"To be prevented from doing what one is inclined to do, is bondage."

"That 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."

"The subjection of women is an evil, and a hindrance to human improvement."