"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 government of a country by a mere numerical majority, is a thing which cannot be permanent."

"The tendency of all changes of a progressive kind, is to give increased ascendancy to the comparatively uninstructed many."

"The only security against error is in the discussion of every subject, with the greatest freedom of speech."

"The 'self-regarding' actions are those which primarily and directly affect only the agent himself."