My father never permitted anything which I learnt to degenerate into a mere exercise of memory. He strove to make the understanding… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
If I have accomplished anything, I owe it, among other fortunate circumstances, to the fact that through the early training bestowed on… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“We are next informed that bookworms, a term which seems to be held applicable to whoever has the smallest tincture of book-knowledge,… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
...to bring a child into existence without a fair prospect of being able, not only to provide food for its body, but… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Education makes a man a more intelligent shoemaker, if that be his occupation, but not by teaching him how to make shoes;… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The true virtue of human beings is fitness to live together as equals; claiming nothing for themselves but what they as freely… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
We have a right, also, in various ways, to act upon our unfavorable opinion of anyone, not to the oppression of his… — 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
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