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
Since reasoning , or inference, the principal subject of logic, is an operation which usually takes place by means of words ,… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Protection, therefore, against the tyranny of the magistrate is not enough; there needs protection against the tyranny of the prevailing opinion and… — 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
There are no means of finding what either one person or many can do, but by trying - and no means by… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Society can and does execute its own mandates: and if it issues wrong mandates instead of right, or any mandates at all… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
I will call no being good who is not what I mean when I apply that epithet to my fellow creatures; and… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Seeming contentment is real discontent, combined with indolence or self-indulgence, which, while taking no legitimate means of raising itself, delights in bringing… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
So true is that unnatural generally means only uncustomary, and that everything which is usual appears natural. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
To say that secular means irreligious implies that all the arts and sciences are irreligious, and is very like saying that all… — 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
I did not mean that Conservatives are generally stupid; I meant, that stupid persons are generally Conservative. I believe that to be… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
In its narrowest acceptation, order means obedience. A government is said to preserve order if it succeeds in getting itself obeyed. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Those only are happy who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness; on the happiness of others,… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which… — 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
