John Stuart Mill

Quotes by John Stuart Mill | Philosopher | Economist |

“Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.”

[John Stuart Mill @JohnStuarttMill]

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"A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life."

[John Stuart Mill @JohnStuarttMill]

"Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives."

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"I consider it presumption in anyone to pretend to decide what women are or are not, can or cannot be, by natural constitution."

[John Stuart Mill @JohnStuarttMill]

"The only way in which a human being can make some approach to knowing the whole of a subject is by hearing what can be said about it by persons of every variety of opinion."

[John Stuart Mill @JohnStuarttMill]

"I will call no being good who is not what I mean when I apply that epithet to my fellow creatures."

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"One person with a belief is a social power equal to ninety-nine who have only interests."

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"Persons of genius are always likely to be a small minority."

[John Stuart Mill @JohnStuarttMill]

"Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called."

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"Stupidity is much the same all over the world."

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"Christian morality has all the characters of a reaction; it is a protest against Paganism."

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"In this age, the mere example of non-conformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service."

[John Stuart Mill @JohnStuarttMill]

"If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he would be justified in silencing mankind."

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"I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them."

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"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth a war, is much worse."

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"The only way to ensure happiness is to have a system of love."

[John Stuart Mill @JohnStuarttMill]

"The only way to ensure peace is to have a system of understanding."

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"The only way to ensure justice is to have a system of equality."

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"The only way to ensure progress is to have a system of education."

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"The only way to ensure human rights is to have a system of democracy."

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"The only way to ensure happiness is to have a system of individual liberty."