John Stuart Mill — "Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth."

"The 'self-regarding' offences, if they are to be called offences, are not to be punished at all."

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

"The principle of utility is capable of receiving proof, only by showing that the only things desirable as ends are happiness and freedom from pain."

"The great mass of changes are improvements, because the old system was bad."

"Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians, provided the end be their improvement, and the means justified by actually effecting that end."