Since the general or prevailing opinion on any subject is rarely or never the whole truth, it is only by the collision of adverse opinion that the remainder of the truth has any chance of being supplied.
JOHN STUART MILLThere is one plain rule of life. Try thyself unweariedly till thou findest the highest thing thou art capable of doing, faculties and outward circumstances being both duly considered, and then do it.
More John Stuart Mill Quotes
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Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.
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How can great minds be produced in a country where the test of great minds is agreeing in the opinion of small minds?
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There is always hope when people are forced to listen to both sides.
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Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.
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A state which dwarfs its men, in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands even for beneficial purposes–will find that with small men no great thing can really be accomplished.
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To understand one woman is not necessarily to understand any other woman.
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One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.
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All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.
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The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant.
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He who does anything because it is the custom, makes no choice.
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In the long-run, the best proof of a good character is good actions.
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Human beings are no longer born to their place in life…but are free to employ their faculties and such favorable chances as offer, to achieve the lot which may appear to them as desirable.
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With equality of experience and of general faculties, a woman usually sees much more than a man of what is immediately before her.
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All attempts by the State to bias the conclusions of its citizens on disputed subjects, are evil.
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Persons of genius, it is true, are, and are always likely to be, a small minority; but in order to have them, it is necessary to preserve the soil in which they grow.
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