So long as an opinion is strongly rooted in the feelings, it gains rather than loses in stability by having a preponderating… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
That a thing is peculiar; is no argument for its being blamable; since the most criminal actions are to a being like… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
If opponents of all important truths do not exist, it is indispensable to imagine them and supply them with the strongest arguments… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The peculiarity of the evidence of mathematical truths is that all the argument is on one side. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Strange it is that men should admit the validity of the arguments for free speech but object to their being "pushed to… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
It must be granted that in every syllogism, considered as an argument to prove the conclusion, there is a petitio principii. When… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The strongest of all arguments against the interference of the public with purely personal conduct, is that when it does interfere, the… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
He who knows only his own side of the case (argument) knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
He must be able to hear them [the counter arguments] from persons who actually believe them; who defend them in earnest, and… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“The peculiarity of the evidence of mathematical truths is, that all the argument is on one side. There are no objections, and… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The average condition of the people improving or deteriorating, depends upon whether population is advancing faster than improvement, or improvement than population. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
Liberty lies in the rights of that person whose views you find most odious. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
“No longer enslaved or made dependent by force of law, the great majority are so by force of poverty; they are still chained to… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
All acts suppose certain dispositions, and habits of mind and heart, which may be in themselves states of enjoyment or of wretchedness, and which… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
Unfortunately for the good sense of mankind, the fact of their fallibility is far from carrying the weight in their practical judgement, which is… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
“In history, as in traveling, men usually see only what they already had in their own minds; and few learn much from history, who… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
All errors which a man is likely to commit against advice are far outweighed by the evil of allowing others to constrain him for… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
The successful conduct of an industrial enterprise requires two quite distinct qualifications: fidelity and zeal. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
“[For people] to refuse a hearing to an opinion, because they are sure that it is false, is to assume that their certainty is… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
This is what writers mean when they say that the notion of cause involves the idea of necessity. If there be any meaning which… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
“Protection, therefore, against tyranny of the magistrate is not enough: there needs protection also against the tyranny of the prevailing opinion and feeling; against… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
Landlords grow rich in their sleep without working, risking or economizing. The increase in the value of land, arising as it does from the… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
There is one characteristic of the present direction of public opinion, peculiarly calculated to make it intolerant of any marked demonstration of individuality. The… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
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