If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more…

John Stuart Mill
207 citations
If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind. ✨ On Liberty ch. 2 (1859)
Humanity Politics
23

More Author Quotes

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them. ✨ The Phrenological Journal and Science of Health. The Phrenological Journal and Science of Heal … ▶
All good things which exist are the fruits of originality. ✨ 'On Liberty' (1859) ch. 3
It's hardly possible to overstate the value, in the present state of human improvement, of placing human beings in contact with other persons dissimilar to themselves, and with modes of thought and a … ▶
It is part of the irony of life that the strongest feelings of devoted gratitude of which human nature seems to be susceptible, are called forth in human beings towards those who, having the power en … ▶
Truth gains more even by the errors of one who, with due study and preparation, thinks for himself, than by the true opinions of those who only hold them because they do not suffer themselves to thin … ▶

If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind. ✨ On Liberty ch. 2 (1859)

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes