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Over one's mind and over one's body the individual is sovereign. — John Stuart Mill

That so few dare be eccentric marks the chief danger of our time. — John Stuart Mill

A profound conviction raises a man above the feeling of ridicule. — John Stuart Mill

Of all many-sided subjects, [education] is the one which has the greatest number of sides. — John Stuart Mill

Men might as well be imprisoned, as excluded from the means of earning their bread. — John Stuart Mill

Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians, provided the end be their improvement. — John Stuart Mill

Any participation, even in the smallest public function, is useful. — John Stuart Mill

The test of real and vigorous thinking, the thinking which ascertains truths instead of dreaming dreams, is successful application to practice. — 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

In its narrowest acceptation, order means obedience. A government is said to preserve order if it succeeds in getting itself obeyed. — John Stuart Mill

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them. — John Stuart Mill

The successful conduct of an industrial enterprise requires two quite distinct qualifications: fidelity and zeal. — John Stuart Mill

It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak. — John Stuart Mill

liberty consists in doing what one desires — John Stuart Mill

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. — John Stuart Mill

All good things which exist are the fruits of originality. — John Stuart Mill

In the long-run, the best proof of a good character is good actions. — John Stuart Mill

It would be a great misunderstanding of this doctrine to suppose that it is one of selfish indifference about the well-being of others'. — John Stuart Mill

What is contrary to women's nature to do, they never will be made to do by simply giving their nature free play. — John Stuart Mill

is not to be expected that there should be agreement about the definition of any thing, until there is agreement about the thing itself. — John Stuart Mill

The idea is essentially repulsive, of a society held together only by the relations and feelings arising out of pecuniary interest. — John Stuart Mill

The sole evidence it is possible to produce that anything is desirable, is that people do actually desire it. — John Stuart Mill

Trade is a social act. — John Stuart Mill

Almost all rich veins of original and striking speculation have been opened by systematic half-thinkers. — 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

The only names of objects which connote nothing are proper names; and these have, strictly speaking, no signification. — John Stuart Mill

We have had the morality of submission, and the morality of chivalry and generosity; the time is now come for the morality of justice. — John Stuart Mill

Proposed Roads to Freedom
In this book Russell weighs the respective advantages and disadvantages of Socialism, Marxism and Syndicalism. — John Stuart Mill

So 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 Mill

Truth emerges from the clash of adverse ideas. — John Stuart Mill

There is always hope when people are forced to listen to both sides. — John Stuart Mill

So true is that unnatural generally means only uncustomary, and that everything which is usual appears natural. — John Stuart Mill