The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human …

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The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement. ✨ John Stuart Mill (1989). J. S. Mill: 'On Liberty' and Other Writings, p.70, Cambridge University Press
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