John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Millwas an English philosopher, political economist, feminist, and civil servant. One of the most influential thinkers in the history of liberalism, he contributed widely to social theory, political theory and political economy. He has been called "the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century." Mill's conception of liberty justified the freedom of the individual in opposition to unlimited state control...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth20 May 1806
suffering mankind compelling
Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves, than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest.
justice tree inward
Human nature is not a machine to be built after a model, and set to do exactly the work prescribed for it, but a tree, which requires to grow and develop itself on all sides, according to the tendency of the inward forces which make it a living thing.
truth halloween opinion
Popular opinions, on subjects not palpable to sense, are often true, but seldom or never the whole truth.
community force civilized
I am not aware that any community has a right to force another to be civilized.
individuality earth salt
But these few are the salt of the earth; without them, human life would become a stagnant pool. Not only is it they who introduce good things which did not before exist, it is they who keep the life in those which already existed.
character miracle historical
Miracles have no claim whatever to the character of historical facts and are wholly invalid as evidence of any revelation.
book marketing way
There is no 'one-size-fits-all' way to build an audience.
world apes needs
He who lets the world choose his plan of life for him has need of no other faculty than that of ape-like imitation.
restraint written
Everything must be free to be written and published without restraint
wife slave length
No slave is a slave to the same lengths, and in so full a sense of the word, as a wife is.
integrity honor atheism
It is historically true that a large proportion of infidels in all ages have been persons of distinguished integrity and honor.
men profound feelings
A profound conviction raises a man above the feeling of ridicule.
hearing opinion assuming
To 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.
children animal favour
The reasons for legal intervention in favour of children apply not less strongly to the case of those unfortunate slaves and victims of the most brutal part of mankind - the lower animals.