John Stuart Mill Quotes On Liberty

John stuart mill s social and political thought.

John stuart mill quotes on liberty. He who chooses his plan for himself employs all his faculties. Action ethics inaction injury morality responsibility. Freedom p 110 taylor francis 119 copy quote when one s ideas are not challenged one s ability to defend them weakens. Quotations by john stuart mill english philosopher born may 20 1806.

A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction. He must use observation to see reasoning and judgment to foresee activity. Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends than that good men should look on and do nothing a person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury and he who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. John stuart mill quote the only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs or impede their efforts to obtain it.

Published in 1859 john stuart mill s on liberty is one of the most celebrated defences of free speech ever written. Liberty quotes sent to your mail box daily. John stuart mill quotation. John stuart mill on liberty 1859 no one can be a great thinker who does not recognize that as a thinker it is his first duty to follow his intellect to whatever conclusions it may lead.

In this elongated essay mill aims to defend what he refers to as one very simple principle what modern commentators would later call the harm principle. Like he who knows only his own. John stuart mill on liberty. 204 quotes from on liberty.

471 quotes from john stuart mill. Enjoy the best john stuart mill quotes at brainyquote. Whatever crushes individuality is despotism.