Human rights Quote by Megan Boyle

“John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 – 8 May 1873), English philosopher, political theorist, political economist, civil servant and Member of Parliament, was an…

— John Stuart Mill

“[John Stuart] Mill held that truth emerges from an unfettered competition of ideas and that individual character is most improved when allowed to find…

— Charles Krauthammer

“We would do well to remember that the great pragmatist William James dedicated his extraordinarily wide-ranging Varieties of Religious Experience to none other than…

— Bart Schultz

“He was born in a middle class family with struggles in life. He had adverse surroundings and many difficulties in his life. Some moments…

— Avijeet Das

“It’s every man for himself,” he said, and went back to reading. After my mother had died and he’d been laid off from his…

— Jeffrey Ford

The consolation of reading biography: Most great men have led lives even more miserable than our own.

— Anonymous

“The revolution had come too late for him. He was in his midforties when the Civil Rights Act was signed and close to fifty…

— Isabel Wilkerson

“Sir Edwin Chadwick (1800-1890) was an England reformer. His words are true and relevant in 2025. He said, “There is a moral as well…

— Shafter Bailey

“a man who read too many books and disagreed with everybody”

— Seamus Deane

“George Washington was in love with one girl after another during his youth, but for some reason he was unsuccessful in all these early…

— Sterling North

“[My grandfather] returned to what he called ‘studying.’ He sat looking down at his lap, his left hand idle on the chair arm, his…

— Wendell Berry

On one occasion when [William] Smart found him engrossed with his fundamental theory, he asked Eddington how many people he thought would understand what…

— Arthur Eddington