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Conduct Quotes by John Stuart Mill
- Protection, therefore, against the tyranny of the magistrate is not enough; there needs protection against the tyranny of the prevailing opinion and feeling, against the…
- 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…
- The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns others. In the part which…
- There is always need of persons not only to discover new truths, and point out when what were once truths are true no longer, but…
- The strongest of all arguments against the interference of the public with purely personal conduct, is that when it does interfere, the odds are that…
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- Respect for right conduct is felt by every body. — Jane Austen
- Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. — Ambrose Bierce
- .. since it was true that study, even when done properly, can only teach us what wisdom, right conduct and determination consist… — Michel de Montaigne
- I take responsibility for what happened at Enron, both good and bad. But I cannot take responsibility for criminal conduct that I… — Kenneth Lay
- Among those whose reputation is exhausted in a short time by its own luxuriance are the writers who take advantage of present… — Samuel Johnson
- Right conduct can never, except by some rare accident, be promoted by ignorance or hindered by knowledge. — Bertrand Russell
- The [U.S.] Constitution is a limitation on the government, not on private individuals ... it does not prescribe the conduct of private… — Ayn Rand
- In spiritual life, one must conduct one's whole life under the guidance of the guru. Only one who executes his spiritual life… — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada