John Stuart Mill — "A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, a…"

"The only freedom which consists in doing what one desires, is a freedom which, if not qualified by other considerations, is inconsistent with the good of society."

"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 way of compulsion and control, whether the means us…"

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

"The subjection of women is a standing disgrace to Europe."

"The grand, leading principle, towards which every argument unfolded in these pages directly converges, is the absolute and essential importance of human development in its richest diversity."