Philosophy Quote by John Stuart Mill

Society can and does execute its own mandates: and if it issues wrong mandates instead of right, or any mandates at all in things…

— John Stuart Mill

“Political liberty—that is, the ability of societies to rule themselves—does not depend only on the degree to which a society can mobilize opposition to…

— Francis Fukuyama

“If people in the position of power are not made to be accountable, then, ungodliness, injustice and oppression will continue to be the order…

— Sunday Adelaja

“Wherever the real power in a Government lies, there is the danger of oppression. In our Governments the real power lies in the majority…

— James Madison

“There are some principles that cannot be compromised. Either we shall have a society based upon ordered liberty and the initiative of the individual,…

— Herbert Hoover

“In a society where those who always work never have anything, while those who never work enjoy everything, solidarity of interests is non-existent; hence…

— Emma Goldman

“governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of…

— Declaration of Independence

“This is what should be meant by people power. The power for people to choose which of the government’s petty, silly, pointless laws they…

— Jeremy Clarkson

“Though it is disguised by the illusion that a bureaucracy accountable to a majority of voters, and susceptible to the pressure of organized minorities,…

— Walter Lippmann

“How could one want an equalitarian and free society to issue from an authoritarian organisation? It is impossible.”

— James Guillaume

“Do not believe that you can find a universal remedy for evil conditions or immoral practices in effecting a fundamental change in society (as…

— Raghuram G. Rajan

“Anything can be misused. Furthermore, every individual has to assume responsibility for his or her own actions, even the poor and the young. A…

— Tom Robbins