John Stuart Mill - A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more imp...

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A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

John Stuart Mill

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Ein Mann, der nichts hat, für das er kämpfen will, nichts, das wichtiger ist als seine persönliche Sicherheit, ist ein elendes Geschöpf und hat keine Chance, frei zu sein, es sei denn, er wird von den besseren Männern als er selbst gemacht und gehalten.

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