"It is not the business of the law to make people good, but to prevent them from doing harm."

"All errors which are likely to do harm, are the proper objects of animadversion, and may be justly censured."

"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 a …"

"The greatest danger to the freedom of thought and discussion is not the government, but the tyranny of the majority."

"A state which dwarfs its men, in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands even for beneficial purposes, will find that with small men no great thing can really be accomplished."