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" The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement. "
John Stuart Mill
Advancement
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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. "
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" Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of. "
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" The individual is not accountable to society for his actions in so far as these concern the interests of no person but himself. "
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" The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind. "
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