"In all intellectual debates, both sides tend to……" — John Stuart Mill
"In all intellectual debates, both sides tend to be correct in what they affirm, and wrong in what they deny."
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248 Quotes by John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill has 248 quotes on this site.
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Liberty consists in doing what one desires.
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So Long as we do not harm others we should be free to think, speak, act, & live as we…
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We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavoring to stifle is a false opinion; and if we…
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What citizens of a free country would listen to any offers of good and skillful administration in return for the…
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Human nature is not a machine to be built after a model, and set to do exactly the work prescribed…
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To understand one woman is not necessarily to understand any other woman.
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Human beings are not like sheep; and even sheep are not undistinguishably alike. A man cannot get a coat or…
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That a thing is peculiar; is no argument for its being blamable; since the most criminal actions are to a…
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The spirit of improvement is not always a spirit of liberty, for it may aim at forcing improvements on an…
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Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves, than by compelling each to…
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Accordingly, France Had Voltaire, and his school of negative thinkers, and England (or rather Scotland) had the profoundest negative thinker…
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It appears, then, to be a condition of a genuinely scientific hypothesis, that it be not destined always to remain…
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If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy…
— Irving Babbitt
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Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.
— George W. Bush
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What we need to affirm is that Jesus is neither a Democrat nor a Republican. Whenever we marry Jesus to…
— Tony Campolo
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In a pitch black room, you can affirm "let their be light" or you can light one candle.
— Ken McCarthy
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Some recent philosophers seem to have given their moral approval to these deplorable verdicts that affirm that the intelligence of…
— Alfred Binet
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You know, in the oath that brand-new citizens take, it contains six different references to 'the law.' If it's good…
— Trey Gowdy
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The condition of the most passionate enthusiast is to be preferred over the individual who, because of the fear of…
— Thomas Carlyle
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Worship is the highest act of which a person is capable. It not only stretches us beyond all the limits…
— Unknown Author
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The deeper you love yourself, the more the universe will affirm your worth. Then you can enjoy a lifelong love…
— Alan Cohen
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In 1891, during the Presidency of William Henry Harrison [Benjamin Harrison], electric lights were first installed in the White House,…
— Jimmy Carter
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I cannot affirm God if I fail to affirm man. Therefore, I affirm both. Without a belief in human unity…
— Norman Cousins
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An affirmation states that a goal is already happening. I'm not crazy about this because, often when we affirm something…
— T. Harv Eker
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