He who lets the world choose his plan of life for him has need of no other faculty than that of ape-like imitation.
JOHN STUART MILLHe who lets the world choose his plan of life for him has need of no other faculty than that of ape-like imitation.
JOHN STUART MILLLife has a certain flavor for those who have fought and risked all that the sheltered and protected can never experience.
JOHN STUART MILLA profound conviction raises a man above the feeling of ridicule.
JOHN STUART MILLThe spirit of improvement is not always a spirit of liberty, for it may aim at forcing improvements on an unwilling people.
JOHN STUART MILLSince the state must necessarily provide subsistence for the criminal poor while undergoing punishment, not to do the same for the poor who have not offended is to give a premium on crime.
JOHN STUART MILLIn the long-run, the best proof of a good character is good actions.
JOHN STUART MILLGenius can only breathe freely in an atmosphere of freedom.
JOHN STUART MILLThere are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.
JOHN STUART MILLAll attempts by the State to bias the conclusions of its citizens on disputed subjects, are evil.
JOHN STUART MILLIn this age, the man who dares to think for himself and to act independently does a service to his race.
JOHN STUART MILLAll that makes existence valuable to any one depends on the enforcement of restraints upon the actions of other people.
JOHN STUART MILLThere is the greatest difference between presuming an opinion to be true, because, with every opportunity for contesting it, it has not been refuted, and assuming its truth for the purpose of not permitting its refutation.
JOHN STUART MILLLanguage is the light of the mind.
JOHN STUART MILLWhen one’s ideas are not challenged, one’s ability to defend them weakens.
JOHN STUART MILLThe fatal tendency of mankind to leave off thinking about a thing when it is no longer doubtful is the cause of half their errors.
JOHN STUART MILLThe love of power and the love of liberty are in eternal antagonism.
JOHN STUART MILL