All errors which a man is likely to commit against advice are far outweighed by the evil of allowing others to constrain… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The triumph of the Confederacy... would be a victory for the powers of evil which would give courage to the enemies of… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
There is a very real evil consequent on ascribing supernatural origin to the received maxilms of morality. That origin consecrates the whole… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
All attempts by the State to bias the conclusions of its citizens on disputed subjects, are evil. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inactions, and in either case he is… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Christian morality (so called) has all the characters of a reaction; it is, in great part, a protest against Paganism. Its ideal… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
No longer enslaved or made dependent by force of law, the great majority are so by force of property; they are still… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavoring to stifle is a false opinion; and if we were sure,… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The ne plus ultra of wickedness is embodied in what is commonly presented to mankind as the creed of Christianity. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The most cogent reason for restricting the interference of government is the great evil of adding unnecessarily to its power. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Not the violent conflict between parts of the truth, but the quiet suppression of half of it, is the formidable evil; there… — 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
