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Power Quotes by John Stuart Mill
- ... what is really inspiriting and ennobling in the doctrine of freewill, is the conviction that we have real power over the formation of our…
- Every one is degraded, whether aware of it or not, when other people, without consulting him, take upon themselves unlimited power to regulate his destiny.
- To think that because those who wield power in society wield in the end that of government, therefore it is of no use to attempt…
- The principle itself of dogmatic religion, dogmatic morality, dogmatic philosophy, is what requires to be rooted out; not any particular manifestation of that principle. The…
- The natural tendency of representative government, as of modern civilisation, is towards collective mediocrity: and this tendency is increased by all reductions and extensions of…
- A government with all this mass of favours to give or to withhold, however free in name, wields a power of bribery scarcely surpassed by…
- The concessions of the privileged to the unprivileged are seldom brought about by any better motive than the power of the unprivileged to extort them.
- When the people are too much attached to savage independence, to be tolerant of the amount of power to which it is for their good…
- The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to…
- If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had…
- The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.
- The most cogent reason for restricting the interference of government is the great evil of adding unnecessarily to its power.
- The only power deserving the name is that of masses, and of governments while they make themselves the organ of the tendencies and instincts of…
- It is part of the irony of life that the strongest feelings of devoted gratitude of which human nature seems to be susceptible, are called…
- A general State education is a mere contrivance for moulding people to be exactly like one another, and as the mould in which it casts…
- The will of the people, moreover, practically means the will of the most numerous or the most active part of the people; the majority, or…
- ‎A general State education is a mere contrivance for moulding people to be exactly like one another; and as the mould in which it casts…
- The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community against his will is to prevent harm to…
- If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in…
- Foresight of phenomenon and power over them depend on knowledge of their sequences, and not upon any notion we may have formed respecting their origin…
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- Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness. — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
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- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
- The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching. — Aristotle
- A good intention clothes itself with power. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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