All the good of which humanity is capable is comprised in obedience. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves, than by compelling each to live as… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
No great improvements in the lot of mankind are possible until a great change takes place in the fundamental constitution of their… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he,… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“The best state for human nature is that in which, while no one is poor, no one desires to be richer, nor… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Whatever helps to shape the human being - to make the individual what he is, or hinder him from being what he… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
It is useful while mankind is imperfect that there should be different opinions, so that there should be different experiments of living,… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“Of all difficulties which impede the progress of thought, and the formation of well-grounded opinions on life and social arrangements, the greatest… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Those only are happy who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness; on the happiness of others,… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
It's hardly possible to overstate the value, in the present state of human improvement, of placing human beings in contact with other… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“It is an adherent condition of human affairs that no intention, however sincere, of protecting the interests of others can make it… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
It is useful that while mankind are imperfect there should be different opinions, so is it that there should be different experiments… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The prevailing tendency to regard all the marked distinctions of human character as innate, and in the main indelible, and to ignore… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The majority, being satisfied with the ways of mankind as they now are (for it is they who make them what they… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“THE subject of this Essay is not the so-called Liberty of the Will, so unfortunately opposed to the misnamed doctrine of Philosophical… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“The form of association, however, which if mankind continue to improve, must be expected in the end to predominate, is not that… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“Apart from the peculiar tenets of individual thinkers, there is also in the world at large an increasing inclination to stretch unduly… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“Where there is a tacit convention that principles are not to be disputed; where the discussion of the greatest questions which can… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“Human nature is not a machine to be built after a model, and set to do exactly the work prescribed for it,… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Hardly any original thoughts on mental or social subjects ever make their way among mankind or assume their proper importance in the… — 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
