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The rule of custom is everywhere the standing obstacle to human progress
Drawn from what John Stuart Mill said
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- John Stuart Mill Philosopher (1806 to 1873), a utilitarian and liberal
The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement, being in unceasing antagonism to that disposition to aim at something better than customary, which is called, according to circumstances, the spirit of liberty, or that of progress or improvement.
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