Among the facts of the universe to be accounted for, it may be said, is Mind; and it is self evident that… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
It is conceivable that religion may be morally useful without being intellectually sustainable. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Strong impulses are but another name for energy. Energy may be turned to bad uses; but more good may always be made… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
...there ought to exist the fullest liberty of professing and discussing, as a matter of ethical conviction, any doctrine, however immoral it… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Judgement is given to men that they may use it. Because it may be used erroneously, are men to be told that… — 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
The spirit of improvement is not always a spirit of liberty, for it may aim at forcing improvements on an unwilling people. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
A population may be too crowded, though all be amply supplied with food and raiment. It is not good for a man… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
A being who can create a race of men devoid of real freedom and inevitably foredoomed to be sinners, and then punish… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Stupidity is much the same all the world over. A stupid person's notions and feelings may confidently be inferred from those which… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Every opinion which embodies somewhat of the portion of truth which the common opinion omits, ought to be considered precious, with whatever… — 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 is not the feeling sure of a doctrine (be it what it may) which I call an assumption of infallibility. It… — 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… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
However unwillingly a person who has a strong opinion may admit the possibility that his opinion may be false, he ought to… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The maxim is, that whatever can be affirmed (or denied) of a class, may be affirmed (or denied) of everything included in… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
In a world in which there is so much to interest, so much to enjoy, and so much also to correct and… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The art of music is good, for the reason, among others, that it produces pleasure; but what proof is it possible to… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
We have hitherto considered only two possibilities: that the received opinion may be false, and some other opinion, consequently, true; or that,… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
What a country wants to make it richer is never consumption, but production. Where there is the latter, we may be sure… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
We often hear the teachers of all creeds lamenting the difficulty of keeping up in the minds of believers a lively apprehension… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
I had learnt from experience that many false opinions may be exchanged for true ones, without in the least altering the habits… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
if any opinion is compelled to silence, that opinion may, for aught we can certainly know, be true. To deny this is… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called and whether it professes to be enforcing the will of… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
To mistake money for wealth, is the same sort of error as to mistake the highway which may be the easiest way… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
A people may prefer a free government, but if by momentary discouragement or temporary panic, or a fit of enthusiasm for an… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
A people may prefer a free government, but if, from indolence, or carelessness, or cowardice, or want of public spirit, they are… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Human beings are no longer born to their place in life...but are free to employ their faculties and such favorable chances as… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The real advantage which truth has, consists in this, that when an opinion is true, it may be extinguished once, twice, or… — 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
The idea that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of those pleasant falsehoods, which most experience refutes. History is teeming with… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
And it is not difficult to show, by abundant instances, that to extend the bounds of what may be called moral police,… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The will of the people, moreover, practically means the will of the most numerous or the most active part of the people;… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
A state which dwarfs its men, in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands even for beneficial purposes--will… — 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,… — 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
Liberty lies in the rights of that person whose views you find most odious. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
“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
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
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
“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
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
Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
The successful conduct of an industrial enterprise requires two quite distinct qualifications: fidelity and zeal. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
“[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
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
“Protection, therefore, against tyranny of the magistrate is not enough: there needs protection also against the tyranny of the prevailing opinion and feeling; against… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
Landlords grow rich in their sleep without working, risking or economizing. The increase in the value of land, arising as it does from the… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
There is one characteristic of the present direction of public opinion, peculiarly calculated to make it intolerant of any marked demonstration of individuality. The… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
