Brilliant Quote by John Stuart Mill
“All free communities have both been more exempt from social injustice and crime, and have attained more brilliant prosperity, than any others, or than they themselves after they have lost their freedom.”
About This Quote
Source Essay: "On Liberty", 1859
Free societies, when truly free, experience less injustice and crime and achieve greater prosperity than those that lose freedom.
In simple terms: Freedom promotes justice and prosperity.
Protect liberty to foster wellbeing.
Themes
Mood
Type
When to use this quote
- policy making
- community building
- education reform
Key Concepts
Questions to Reflect On
- How do we safeguard freedom?
- What policies best protect liberty?
Freedom can be threatened by internal complacency.