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John Stuart Mill Quotes
«The world would be astonished if it knew how great a proportion of its brightest ornaments, of those most distinguished even in popular estimation for wisdom and virtue, are complete skeptics in religion»
Author: John Stuart Mill
(Economist, Logician, Philosopher)
| About:
World
| Keywords:
astonished, brightest, distinguished, estimation, estimations, Great A, ornaments, skeptics, The Skeptic
«If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be in silencing mankind»
Author: John Stuart Mill
(Economist, Logician, Philosopher)
| About:
Mankind,
Opinions
| Keywords:
justified, minus, silencing
«It is as certain that many opinions, now general, will be rejected by future ages, as it is that many, once general, are rejected by the present»
Author: John Stuart Mill
(Economist, Logician, Philosopher)
| About:
Opinions
| Keywords:
General will, rejected
«The idea that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of those pleasant falsehoods, which most experience refutes. History is teeming with instances of truth put down by persecution. If not put down forever, it may be set back for centuries.»
Author: John Stuart Mill
(Economist, Logician, Philosopher)
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falsehoods, instances, persecution, put down, refute, refutes, refuting, set back, teem, teeming, teeming with, teems, triumphs
«A great statesman is he who knows when to depart from traditions, as well as when to adhere to them»
«It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being.»
«The time appears to me to have come when it is the duty of all to make their dissent from religion known»
«They who know how to employ opportunities will often find that they can create them; and what we can achieve depends less on the amount of time we possess than on the use we make of our time.»