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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 sufficient warrant. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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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 merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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The only power deserving the name is that of masses, and of governments while they make themselves the organ of the tendencies and instincts of masses. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking. ↗

— A. A. Milne

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Laws undertake to punish only overt acts. ↗

— Charles de Montesquieu

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Yugoslavia is a multinational community and it can survive only under the conditions of full equality for all nations that live in it. ↗

— Slobodan Milosevic

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They also serve who only stand and wait. ↗

— John Milton

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I want to show little girls that the possibilities are endless. That's my goal - to not only do it for myself, but to show them I can do whatever I put my mind to. ↗

— Nicki Minaj

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It is only to the happy that tears are a luxury. ↗

— Thomas Moore

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No, I only like whether I like the story or not, essentially see something in it that isn't completely there. ↗

— Vincente Minnelli

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