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"The duty of man is the same in respect to his own nature as in respect to the nature of all other things, namely not to follow it but to amend it."
― John Stuart Mill
 
 
"As for charity, it is a matter in which the immediate effect on the persons directly concerned, and the ultimate consequence to the general good, are apt to be at complete war with one another."
― John Stuart Mill
 
 
"There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home."
― John Stuart Mill
 
 
"The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind."
― John Stuart Mill
 
 
"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."
― John Stuart Mill
 
 
"We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavouring to stifle is a false opinion; and even if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still."
― John Stuart Mill
 
 
"We have a right, also, in various ways, to act upon our unfavorable opinion of anyone, not to the oppression of his individuality, but in the exercise of ours."
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"The individual is not accountable to society for his actions in so far as these concern the interests of no person but himself."
― John Stuart Mill
 
 
"All political revolutions, not affected by foreign conquest, originate in moral revolutions. The subversion of established institutions is merely one consequence of the previous subversion of established opinions."
― John Stuart Mill
 
 
"The only power deserving the name is that of masses, and of governments while they make themselves the organ of the tendencies and instincts of masses."
― John Stuart Mill
 
 
"Unquestionably, it is possible to do without happiness; it is done involuntarily by nineteen-twentieths of mankind."
― John Stuart Mill
 
 
"In all intellectual debates, both sides tend to be correct in what they affirm, and wrong in what they deny."
― John Stuart Mill
 
 
"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative."
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"All desirable things... are desirable either for the pleasure inherent in themselves, or as a means to the promotion of pleasure and the prevention of pain."
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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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"What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs."
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"The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement."
― John Stuart Mill
 
 
"He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that."
― John Stuart Mill
 
 
"Popular opinions, on subjects not palpable to sense, are often true, but seldom or never the whole truth."
― John Stuart Mill
 
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John Stuart Mill
Nationality:  English
Born:May 20, 1806, Pentonville, London, U.K
profession: Philosopher, Political economist, Member of Parliament, and Civil servant.