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Exercised Quotes by John Stuart Mill
- 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…
- The human faculties of perception, judgment, discriminative feeling, mental activity, and even moral preference, are exercised only in making a choice. He who does anything…
- 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…
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- From faith, hope, and love, the virtues of religion referring to God, there arises a double act which bears on the spiritual… — William Ames
- Absolute power corrupts even when exercised for humane purposes. The benevolent despot who sees himself as a shepherd of the people still… — Eric Hoffer
- The power to determine the quantity of money... is too important, too pervasive, to be exercised by a few people, however public-spirited,… — Milton Friedman
- Four years after the death of Justinian, A.D. 569, was born at Mecca, in Arabia the man who, of all men exercised… — John William Draper
- We are under exercised as a nation. We look instead of play. We ride instead of walk. Our existence deprives us of… — John F. Kennedy
- Our age has become so mechanical that this has also affected our recreation. People have gotten used to sitting down and watching… — Maria von Trapp
- The amiable is a duty most certainly, but must not be exercised at the expense of any of the virtues. He who… — William Gilmore Simms
- Our passions, when well exercised, have wisdom; they guide our thinking, our values, our survival. — Daniel Goleman