

“...fiction is as useful as truth, for giving us matter, upon which to exercise the judgment of value.”
― Principia Ethica
― Principia Ethica

“It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.”
― On Liberty
― On Liberty

“The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.”
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“A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.”
― On Liberty
― On Liberty
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