"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse."
-John Stuart Mill
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"The duty of man is the same in respect to his own nature as in respect to the nature of all other things, namely not to follow it but to amend it.“
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"If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
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"The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it."
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"Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives."
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"I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them."
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"Unquestionably, it is possible to do without happiness it is done involuntarily by nineteen-twentieths of mankind."
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"Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not."
-Nathaniel Hawthorne
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"Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women."
-Gordon B. Hinckley
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"We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart."
-H. L. Mencken
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"Someday I want to be rich. Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be."
-Rita Rudner
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"I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world."
-Georges Duhamel
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"Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?"
-Confucius
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