No slave is a slave to the same lengths, and in so full a sense of the word, as a wife is.
JOHN STUART MILLNo slave is a slave to the same lengths, and in so full a sense of the word, as a wife is.
JOHN STUART MILLHow can great minds be produced in a country where the test of great minds is agreeing in the opinion of small minds?
JOHN STUART MILLLiberty lies in the rights of that person whose views you find most odious.
JOHN STUART MILLEvery great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.
JOHN STUART MILLSo Long as we do not harm others we should be free to think, speak, act, & live as we see fit, without molestation from individuals, law, or gov’t.
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 MILLThe idea that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of those pleasant falsehoods, which most experience refutes. History is teeming with instances of truth put down by persecution. If not put down forever, it may be set back for centuries.
JOHN STUART MILLTo refuse a hearing to an opinion, because they are sure that it is false, is to assume that their certainty is the same thing as absolute certainty. All silencing of discussion is an assumption of infallibility.
JOHN STUART MILLThe only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.
JOHN STUART MILLTo understand one woman is not necessarily to understand any other woman.
JOHN STUART MILLIn the long-run, the best proof of a good character is good actions.
JOHN STUART MILLThe worth of the state, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it.
JOHN STUART MILLA 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.
JOHN STUART MILLThe individual is not accountable to society for his actions in so far as these concern the interests of no person but himself.
JOHN STUART MILLPhotography is a brief complicity between foresight and luck.
JOHN STUART MILLIn proportion to the development of his individuality, each person becomes more valuable to himself, and is therefore capable of being more valuable to others.
JOHN STUART MILL