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All political revolutions, not affected by foreign conquest, originate in moral revolutions. The subversion of established institutions is merely one consequence of the previous subversion of established opinions. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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As for charity, it is a matter in which the immediate effect on the persons directly concerned, and the ultimate consequence to the general good, are apt to be at complete war with one another. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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The most cogent reason for restricting the interference of government is the great evil of adding unnecessarily to its power. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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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 the exercise of ours. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure and the absence of pain. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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Cycling is based so much on form, on aesthetics, on class - the way you carry yourself on the bike, the sort of technique you have. ↗

— David Millar

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All action is for the sake of some end; and rules of action, it seems natural to suppose, must take their whole character and color from the end to which they are subservient. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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All desirable things... are desirable either for the pleasure inherent in themselves, or as a means to the promotion of pleasure and the prevention of pain. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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Men might as well be imprisoned, as excluded from the means of earning their bread. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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Popular opinions, on subjects not palpable to sense, are often true, but seldom or never the whole truth. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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