John Stuart Mill's Quotes

John Stuart Mill's Quotes 27

As for charity it is a matter in which the immediate effect on the persons...

War is an ugly thing but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded...

Popular opinions on subjects not palpable to sense are often true but...

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It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened...

The only part of the conduct of any one for which he is amenable to society...

The individual is not accountable to society for his actions in so far as...

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The only power deserving the name is that of masses and of governments while...

The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity...

The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member...

If all mankind minus one were of one opinion mankind would be no more...

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Conservatives are not necessarily stupid but most stupid people are...

The duty of man is the same in respect to his own nature as in respect to the...

The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight nothing which is...

A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight nothing which is more...

Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness wrong as...

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires rather than in...

Unquestionably it is possible to do without happiness it is done...

The most cogent reason for restricting the interference of government is the...

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

Pleasure and freedom from pain are the only things desirable as ends.

The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in...

Of two pleasures if there be one which all or almost all who have experience...

The dictum that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of the pleasant...

Life has a certain flavor for those who have fought and risked all that the...

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