Apparent Quote by Millicent Fawcett

Of the influence of Mr. Mill's personal character on those who were his political associates, it is difficult to speak too warmly.

— Millicent Fawcett

“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

If, however, the success of a politician is to be measured by the degree in which he is able personally to influence the course…

— Millicent Fawcett

“John Stuart Mill declared that tyranny makes men cynical. He did not know that a Republic makes them silent.”

— Anonymous

What happens when we examine the claims made for Western liberalism as a universalizing ideology of tolerance, human dignity, equality, and compassion is the…

— Pankaj Mishra

Disraeli was my favourite Tory. He was an adventurer pure and simple, or impure and complex. I'm glad to say Gladstone got the better…

— Michael Foot

“[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

“What Dad taught me above all else, and did so utterly unconsciously, was why people like him became Tories. He had been poor. He…

— Tony Blair

I have tremendous respect for General Milley.

— Michael Waltz

People like to think about MPs in very crass terms: you're either an uber-loyalist babe, or you're a rebel. There isn't any grown-up room…

— Emily Thornberry

A Tory..., since the revolution, may be defined in a few words, to be a lover of monarchy, though without abandoning liberty; anda partizan…

— David Hume

If one had to worry about one's actions in respect of other people's ideas, one might as well be buried alive in an antheap…

— Aleister Crowley