Quotes by John Stuart Mill with society

John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill

English economist

Lived from: 1806 - 1873

Category: Business and entrepreneurs Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 20 may 1806 Died: 8 may 1873

  • 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.
  • The duty of man is the same in respect to his own nature as in respect to the nature of all other things, namely not to follow it but to amend it.

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  • But society has now fairly got the better of individuality; and the danger which threatens human nature is not the excess, but the deficiency, of personal Impulses and preferences.
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  • Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character has abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage which it contained.
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  • The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time.
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