What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs. John Stuart Mill actbeliefdistinguish 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
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
The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind. John Stuart Mill ascendantgeneralmankind Change image and share on social
The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement. John Stuart Mill advancementcustomdespotism 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
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
