No good government can ever want more than two things for its support: 1st, Its own excellence; and, 2dly, a people sufficiently instructed, to be aware of that excellence. Every other pretended support, must ultimately tend to its subversion, by… — James Mill Copy Share Image
Of the laws of nature, on which the condition of man depends, that which is attended with the greatest number of consequences, is the… — James Mill Copy Share Image
The government and the people are under a moral necessity of acting together; a free press compels them to bend to one another. — James Mill Copy Share Image
It cannot be precisely known how any thing is good or bad, till it is precisely known what it is. — James Mill Copy Share Image
Every man should be considered as having a right to the character which he deserves; that is, to be spoken of according to his… — James Mill Copy Share Image
No good government can ever want more than two things for its support: 1st, Its own excellence; and, 2dly, a people sufficiently instructed, to… — James Mill Copy Share Image
Exhortations to obstruct the operations of Government in detail, should; Exhortations to resist all. — James Mill Copy Share Image
If nature had produced spontaneously all the objects which we desire, and in sufficient abundance for the desires of all, there would have been… — James Mill Copy Share Image
Whenever the powers of government are placed in any hands other than those of the community, whether those of one man, of a few,… — James Mill Copy Share Image
