All attempts by the State to bias the conclusions of its citizens on disputed subjects, are evil. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
There is nothing which an untrained mind shows itself more hopelessly incapable, than in drawing the proper general conclusions from its own… — 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
No one can be a great thinker who does not recognize that as a thinker it is his first duty to follow… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
A state of things in which a large portion of the most active and inquiring intellects find it advisable to keep the… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
As often as a study is cultivated by narrow minds, they will draw from it narrow conclusions. — 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 Image
Liberty lies in the rights of that person whose views you find most odious. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The successful conduct of an industrial enterprise requires two quite distinct qualifications: fidelity and zeal. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“[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 Image
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 Image