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> [The government and the people are under a moral necessity of acting together; a free press compels them to bend to one another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mill/the-government-and-the-people-are-under-a-moral-necessity-of-acting/)

[James Mill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mill/)

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## More by James Mill

> [Of the laws of nature, on which the condition of man depends, that which is attended with the greatest number of consequences, is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mill/of-the-laws-of-nature-on-which-the-condition-of-man-depends-that/)

[James Mill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mill/)

> [The government and the people are under a moral necessity of acting together; a free press compels them to bend to one another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mill/the-government-and-the-people-are-under-a-moral-necessity-of-acting/)

[James Mill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mill/)

> [It cannot be precisely known how any thing is good or bad, till it is precisely known what it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mill/it-cannot-be-precisely-known-how-any-thing-is-good-or-bad-till-it-is/)

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> [Every man should be considered as having a right to the character which he deserves; that is, to be spoken of according to his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mill/every-man-should-be-considered-as-having-a-right-to-the-character/)

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> [No good government can ever want more than two things for its support: 1st, Its own excellence; and, 2dly, a people sufficiently instructed, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mill/no-good-government-can-ever-want-more-than-two-things-for-its-support/)

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> [Exhortations to obstruct the operations of Government in detail, should; Exhortations to resist all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mill/exhortations-to-obstruct-the-operations-of-government-in-detail/)

[James Mill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mill/)

> [If nature had produced spontaneously all the objects which we desire, and in sufficient abundance for the desires of all, there would have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mill/if-nature-had-produced-spontaneously-all-the-objects-which-we-desire/)

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> [Whenever the powers of government are placed in any hands other than those of the community, whether those of one man, of a few,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mill/whenever-the-powers-of-government-are-placed-in-any-hands-other-than/)

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