Of two pleasures, if there be one which all or almost all who have experience of both give a decided preference, irrespective of any feeling of moral obligation to prefer it, that is the more desirable pleasure. John Stuart Mill decidedesirableexperience share on social
The most cogent reason for restricting the interference of government is the great evil of adding unnecessarily to its power. John Stuart Mill addcogentevil Change image and share on social
Unquestionably, it is possible to do without happiness; it is done involuntarily by nineteen-twentieths of mankind. John Stuart Mill happinessinvoluntarilymankind 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
Men might as well be imprisoned, as excluded from the means of earning their bread. John Stuart Mill breadearnexclude 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
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
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
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
Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character had abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and courage which it contained. John Stuart Mill aboundamountcharacter share on social
