A democratic constitution, not supported by democratic institutions in detail, but confined to the central government, not only is not political freedom, but often creates a spirit precisely the reverse, carrying down to the lowest grade in society the desire and ambition of political domination.
JOHN STUART MILLTo tax the larger incomes at a higher percentage than the smaller, is to lay a tax on industry and economy; to impose a penalty on people for having worked harder and saved more than their neighbors.
More John Stuart Mill Quotes
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Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.
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Stupidity is much the same all the world over.
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There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.
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The pupil who is never required to do what he cannot do, never does what he can do.
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Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.
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When one’s ideas are not challenged, one’s ability to defend them weakens.
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Language is the light of the mind.
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If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.
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The spirit of improvement is not always a spirit of liberty, for it may aim at forcing improvements on an unwilling people.
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Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you cease to be so.
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There 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.
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A great statesman is he who knows when to depart from traditions, as well as when to adhere to them.
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Photography is a brief complicity between foresight and luck.
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War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.
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There is always hope when people are forced to listen to both sides.
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