...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
The philosophy of reasoning, to be complete, ought to comprise the theory of bad as well as of good reasoning. — 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
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
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
The legal subordination of one sex to another - is wrong in itself, and now one of the chief hindrances to human… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
A person should be free to do as he likes in his own concerns; but he ought not to be free to… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The bad workmen who form the majority of the operatives in many branches of industry are decidedly of opinion that bad workmen… — 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
