Quotes by Mill, John Stuart

Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you cease to be so. >>

There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized unt >>

We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavoring to stifle is >>

Quotations about State

In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It >>

The State is to make what is useful. The individual is to make what is >>

The State has but one face for me: that of the police. To my eyes, all >>

The worth of a State, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it -- a State which dwarfs its men, in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands even for beneficial purposes -- will find that with small men no great thing can really be accomplished.

Mill, John Stuart