Quotes by Mill, John Stuart

The idea that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of those p >>

Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character >>

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and d >>

Quotations about War

War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of politics by other m >>

Wars are carried out by large organizations; Peace is brought one by o >>

There are two things which will always be very difficult for a democra >>

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing worth a war, is worse. A war to protect other human beings against tyrannical injustice; a war to give victory to their own ideas of right and good, and which is their own war, carried on for an honest purpose by their own free choice -- is often the means of their regeneration.

Mill, John Stuart