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 MILLWhat distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.
More John Stuart Mill Quotes
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Liberty lies in the rights of that person whose views you find most odious.
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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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The fatal tendency of mankind to leave off thinking about a thing when it is no longer doubtful is the cause of half their errors.
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Let not any one pacify his conscience by the delusion that he can do no harm if he takes no part, and forms no opinion. Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.
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The moral influence of woman over man is almost always salutary.
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In the long-run, the best proof of a good character is good actions.
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Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.
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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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When one’s ideas are not challenged, one’s ability to defend them weakens.
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The most cogent reason for restricting the interference of government is the great evil of adding unnecessarily to its power.
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He who does anything because it is the custom, makes no choice.
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Solitude in the presence of natural beauty and grandeur is the cradle of thought and aspirations which are not only good for the individual, but which society can ill do without.
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Pleasure and freedom from pain, are the only things desirable as ends.
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He who lets the world choose his plan of life for him has need of no other faculty than that of ape-like imitation.
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As often as a study is cultivated by narrow minds, they will draw from it narrow conclusions.
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