John Stuart Mill — "I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attem…"

"The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others."

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

"It is not by wearing down into uniformity all that is individual in themselves, but by cultivating it and calling it forth, within the limits imposed by the rights and interests of others, that human …"

"The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a …"

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