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Act Quotes by John Stuart Mill
- So Long as we do not harm others we should be free to think, speak, act, & live as we see fit, without molestation from…
- Trade is a social act.
- Men and governments must act to the best of their ability. There is no such thing as absolute certainty but there is assurance sufficient for…
- In this age, the man who dares to think for himself and to act independently does a service to his race.
- The doctrine called Philosophical Necessity is simply this: that, given the motives which are present to an individual's mind, and given likewise the character and…
- What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.
- We have a right, also, in various ways, to act upon our unfavorable opinion of anyone, not to the oppression of his individuality, but in…
- It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.
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