“The ethic of autonomy is based on the idea that people are, first and foremost, autonomous individuals with wants, needs, and preferences.… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
“John Stuart Mill declared that tyranny makes men cynical. He did not know that a Republic makes them silent.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Human envy is certainly not one of the sources of discontent that a free society can eliminate. It is probably one of… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
“Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives... I never meant to say that the Conservatives are generally stupid.… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The proper role of government is exactly what John Stuart Mill said in the middle of the nineteenth century in On Liberty.… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
“There is no such thing as absolute certainty, but there is assurance sufficient for the purposes of human life. —JOHN STUART MILL” — Brian Christian Copy Share Image
“As the philosopher John Stuart Mill wrote, "It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to… — Daniel Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Matter is the permanent possibility of sensations," said John Stuart Mill. It is only the suggestion that is outside.” — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“Still, to paraphrase what John Stuart Mill said about the stupidity of the Tories, while not all people who claim to be… — Geoffrey Nunberg Copy Share Image
“And there you have your Founders and Framers in all their elite glory—the 1 percent of their time. Many spent more than… — Ed Asner Copy Share Image
The great philosophers of the past who wrote so beautifully - Rousseau, John Stuart Mill - had to write beautifully because they… — Martha C. Nussbaum Copy Share Image
“I’m heartened by our dissatisfaction, because dissatisfaction is a world away from indifference. The widespread nostalgia, the yearning for a past that… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
“We would do well to remember that the great pragmatist William James dedicated his extraordinarily wide-ranging Varieties of Religious Experience to none… — Bart Schultz Copy Share Image
It's wrong to treat Muslims as if they will never find their John Stuart Mill. Christianity and Judaism show people can be… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
“Ask yourself if you are happy and you cease to be so.” That was John Stuart Mill, the nineteenth-century British philosopher who… — Eric Weiner Copy Share Image
Modern liberalism has many roots. One of the most important is the ideas of a man described by an American critic as… — Alan Ryan Copy Share Image
I continue to take inspiration from John Locke, John Stuart Mill and those more recent freedom fighters of the 1960s who challenged… — Claire Fox Copy Share Image
“John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 – 8 May 1873), English philosopher, political theorist, political economist, civil servant and Member of Parliament,… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“the English philosopher John Stuart Mill argued that silencing an opinion is “a peculiar evil.” If the opinion is right, we are… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
John Stuart Mill, in his wonderful 1859 book On Liberty, talks about civility. And this is why you should always be concerned… — Greg Lukianoff Copy Share Image
I protest against deference to any man, whether John Stuart Mill, or Adam Smith, or Aristotle, being allowed to check inquiry. Our… — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share Image
“I never meant to say that the Conservatives are generally stupid. I meant to say that stupid people are generally Conservative,” John… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
'In his celebrated book, 'On Liberty', the English philosopher John Stuart Mill argued that silencing an opinion is "a peculiar evil." If… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
What happens when we examine the claims made for Western liberalism as a universalizing ideology of tolerance, human dignity, equality, and compassion… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
