A great statesman is he who knows when to depart from traditions, as well as when to adhere to them. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
I know tolerably well what Ireland was, but have a very imperfect idea of what Ireland is. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
He must be able to hear them [the counter arguments] from persons who actually believe them; who defend them in earnest, and… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
They who know how to employ opportunities will often find that they can create them; and what we can achieve depends less… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Belief, thus, in the supernatural, great as are the services which it rendered in the early stages of human development, cannot be… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
He who knows only his own side of the case (argument) knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
It can do truth no service to blind the fact, known to all who have the most ordinary acquaintance with literary history,… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The despotism of custom is on the wane. We are not content to know that things are; we ask whether they ought… — 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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