John Stuart Mill — "The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancemen…"

"I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them."

"The only freedom, which is of real value, is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, without reference to the opinions of others."

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

"The greatest danger to the freedom of thought and discussion is not the government, but the tyranny of the majority."

"The sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection."