The dictum that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of the pleasant falsehoods which men repeat after one another till they pass into commonplaces, but which all experience refutes. John Stuart Mill commonplacedictumexperience Change image and share on social
As long as justice and injustice have not terminated their ever renewing fight for ascendancy in the affairs of mankind, human beings must be willing, when need is, to do battle for the one against the other. John Stuart Mill affairascendancybattle share on social
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 affectconquestconsequence share on social
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 accountableactionconcern Change image and share on social
I am not aware that any community has a right to force another to be civilized. John Stuart Mill awarecivilizecommunity Change image and share on social
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 aptcharitycomplete Change image and share on social
No slave is a slave to the same lengths, and in so full a sense of the word, as a wife is. John Stuart Mill fulllengthsense Change image and share on social
A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life. John Stuart Mill elementhealthylife Change image and share on social
That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of the time. John Stuart Mill chiefdangerdare Change image and share on social
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 deservegovernmentinstinct Change image and share on social
