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“I will call no being good who is not what I mean when I apply that epithet to my fellow creatures; and if such a creature can sentence me to hell for not so calling him, to hell I will go .”

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John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill was an influential British philosopher, economist, and logician. He is one of the most important figures in 19th-century philosophy and his ideas had a profound impact on political, social, and philosophical thought of the time. more

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“To think that because those who wield power in society wield in the end that of government, therefore it is of no use to attempt to influence the constitution of the government by acting on opinion, is to forget that opinion is itself one of the greatest active social forces. One person with a belief is a social power equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.”

Source: Considerations on Representative Government

“It is a bitter thought, how different a thing the Christianity of the world might have been, if the Christian faith had been adopted as the religion of the empire under the auspices of Marcus Aurelius instead of those of Constantine.”

Ifs World Has Beens Different Might Christian Christianity Bitter Empires Adopted Might Have Been Christian Faith Constantine Emperor Constantine

Book:On Liberty

Source: On Liberty

“The principle itself of dogmatic religion, dogmatic morality, dogmatic philosophy, is what requires to be rooted out; not any particular manifestation of that principle. The very corner-stone of an education intended to form great minds, must be the recognition of the principle, that the object is to call forth the greatest possible quantity of intellectual power, and to inspire the intensest love of truth.”

Mind Philosophy Form Principles Objects Inspire Particular Morality Intellectual Stones Corners Recognition Manifestation Quantity Rooted Dogmatic Great Minds

Book:Dissertations and Discussions

Source: Dissertations and Discussions

“Instead of the function of governing, for which it is radically unfit, the proper office of a representative assembly is to watch and control the government.”

Government Watches Office Function Representatives Governing Assembly

Author:John Stuart Mill

“Everyone who receives the protection of society owes a return for the benefit.”

Return Benefits Protection

Author:John Stuart Mill

“It often happens that the universal belief of one age of mankind — a belief from which no one was, nor without an extraordinary effort of genius and courage, could at that time be free — becomes to a subsequent age so palpable an absurdity, that the only difficulty then is to imagine how such a thing can ever have appeared credible.”

Ideas Happens Age Belief Effort Imagine Genius Universal Difficulty Extraordinary Absurdity Credible

Author:John Stuart Mill

“Lord, enlighten thou our enemies. Sharpen their wits, give acuteness to their perceptions, and consecutiveness and clearness to their reasoning powers: we are in danger from their folly, not from their wisdom; their weakness is what fills us with apprehension, not their strength.”

Giving Lord Enemy Danger Perception Weakness Wit Reasoning Folly Enlightening Apprehension Clearness

Book:Dissertations and Discussions: Political, Philosophical, and Historical

Source: Dissertations and Discussions: Political, Philosophical, and Historical

“Everything must be free to be written and published without restraint.”

Written Restraint

Book:The Classical Utilitarians: Bentham and Mill

Source: The Classical Utilitarians: Bentham and Mill

“In progressive societies the concentration[of wealth] may reach a point where the strength of number in the many poor rivals the strength of ability in the few rich; then the unstable equilibrium generates a critical situation, which history has diversely met by legislation redistributing wealth or by revolution distributing poverty.”

Source: The Lessons of History

“Nature smiles at the union of freedom and equality in our utopias. For freedom and equality are sworn and everlasting enemies, and when one prevails the other dies.”

Dies Enemy Unions Everlasting Utopia Freedom And Equality

Book:The Lessons of History

Source: The Lessons of History