“My father’s moral inculcations were at all times mainly those of the Socratici viri; justice, temperance (to which he gave a very… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
On religion in particular, the time appears to me to have come, when it is a duty of all who, being qualified… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
I have a hundred times heard him say, that all ages and nations have represented their gods as wicked, in a constantly… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The moment one asks himself whether he is happy, he ceases to be so. — 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
The opening of a foreign trade, by making them acquainted with new objects, or tempting them by the easier acquisition of things… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
They who know how to employ opportunities will often find that they can create them; and what we can achieve depends less… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“That so few dare be eccentric marks the chief danger of our time.” — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“What is boasted of at the present time as the revival of religion, is always, in narrow and uncultivated minds, at least… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“Such is the facility with which mankind believe at one and the same time things inconsistent with one another, and so few… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The time appears to me to have come when it is the duty of all to make their dissent from religion known. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“To those who have neither public nor private affections, the excitements of life are much curtailed, and in any case dwindle in… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Experience has taught me that those who give their time to the absorbing claims of what is called society, not having leisure… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of the time. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
In early times, the great majority of the male sex were slaves, as well as the whole of the female. And many… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“Again, defenders of utility often find themselves called upon to reply to such objections as this—that there is not time, previous to… — 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
