Cases Quote by John Stuart Mill

“A people may prefer a free government, but if by momentary discouragement or temporary panic, or a fit of enthusiasm for an individual, they can be induced to lay their liberties at the feet of even a great man, or trust him with powers to subvert their institutions, in all these cases they are…” quote by John Stuart Mill — Download Open image

“A people may prefer a free government, but if by momentary discouragement or temporary panic, or a fit of enthusiasm for an individual, they can be induced to lay their liberties at the feet of even a great man, or trust him with powers to subvert their institutions, in all these cases they are unfit for liberty.”

John Stuart Mill

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (10 ratings)

More by John Stuart Mill

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

Image

Liberty lies in the rights of that person whose views you find most odious.

John Stuart Mill

Image

Truth emerges from the clash of adverse ideas.

John Stuart Mill

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

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

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

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

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

Image

Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.

John Stuart Mill

Image

The successful conduct of an industrial enterprise requires two quite distinct qualifications: fidelity and zeal.

John Stuart Mill

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

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

Image

Explore all 524 John Stuart Mill quotes

More Cases quotes

The time that one gains cannot be accumulated in a storehouse; it is contradictory to want to save up existence, which, the fact is,…

Simone de Beauvoir

Image

It can sometimes make people fold into themselves and kind of run away, but I think in this case these characters are being forced to face issues and emotions, feelings, that they have. So it kind of forces them to face it head on, which I think is a really interesting dynamic. And I think it should be interesting and…

Emily Deschanel

I'd always have grease in at least two places, in case the umpires would ask me to wipe one off. I never wanted to…

Gaylord Perry

Image

Islam never differentiates between men and women as regards political rights and puts them on an equal footing. However, even if a woman is…

Yusuf al-Qaradawi

Image

You gonna take the case?" It's not a case. It's a missing person. Sort of." You're gonna have a devil of a time finding…

Janet Evanovich

Image

I think we've all had enough of Coltrane saxophonists. There's a case of someone ruining a generation of saxophonists, as Louis Armstrong may have…

Paul Bley

Image

Every wife ought to answer for her man. If the husband be engaged in a seditious club, or drinks mysterious healths, or be frugal of his candles on a rejoicing night, let her look to him and keep him out of harm's way; or the world will be apt to say, she has a mind to be a widow before…

Joseph Addison

The world around us is an increasingly hostile and sinful place. Occasionally that splashes onto us, and perhaps, in the case of a few of you, it may be nearly drowning you. To anyone struggling under the burden of sin, I say again with the Prophet Joseph that God has ‘a forgiving disposition’ (Lectures on Faith, 42). You can change.…

Jeffrey R. Holland

If you followed the media you'd think that everybody in Africa was starving to death, and that's not the case; so it's important to…

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Image

[As in the case of] alcohol prohibition, illegality has driven organized crime, sent countless people to jail, and killed many thousands. Repression does not…

Sam Branson

Image

He emphasised basic truths: you are not dying yet, you have to live your life until you are. Underpinning them was the belief that the grim reality of impending death can be talked away by trying to invest in the present reality of life. I didn’t believe that at the time, but now I do. By definition, you have to…

Irvine Welsh