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Quote of John Stuart Mill - That principle is, that the sole...


Biography - John Stuart Mill:

English philosopher and political economist.
Born: 1806 - Died: 1873
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
United Kingdom

That principle is, that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection. That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others.



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Ce principe veut que les hommes ne soient autorisés, individuellement ou collectivement, à entraver la liberté d'action de quiconque que pour assurer leur propre protection. La seule raison légitime que puisse avoir une communauté pour user de la force contre un de ses membres est de l'empêcher de nuire aux autres.




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Quotes for: strength


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Quotes about strength:


Consciousness of our powers augments them.





I dare to believe that inner joy has some secret power to win the favour of fortune.





On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow.





...and nobody knows the extent of his strength until he has tried.





There are two ways of contesting, the one by the law, the other by force; the first method is proper to men, the second to beasts.





Love you will find only where you may show yourself weak without provoking strength.











Quotes for: freedom


Quotes

Quotes about freedom:


There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere.





One is not born, but rather becomes, free.





This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.





Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.





People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.





Article I – Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions can be founded only on the common good.











Quotes for: others


Quotes

Quotes about others:


Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.





The usual pretext of those who make others unhappy is that they do it for their own good.





To be happy, we must consider the happiness of another.





Let the other side be heard as well.
Seneca / 





The best means of learning to know oneself is seeking to understand others.





Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.











Quotes for: action


Quotes

Quotes about action:


I have laboured carefully, not to mock, lament, or execrate, but to understand human actions.





One should be light like a bird, and not like a feather.





Often he who omits an act does injustice, not only he who commits an act.





I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.





Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.





Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.











Quotes

John Stuart Mill also said...


He who knows only his own side of the case, knows little of that.





The dictum that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of the pleasant falsehoods which men repeat after one another till they pass into commonplaces, but which all experience refutes.





It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool, or the pig, are of a different opinion, it is because they only know their own side of the question. The other party to the comparison knows both sides.





There should be, in every polity, a centre of resistance to the predominent power in the constitution - and in a democratic constitution, therefore, a nucleus of resistance to the democracy.





The usefulness of an opinion is itself matter of opinion.





Unquestionably, it is possible to do without happiness it is done involuntarily by nineteen-twentieths of mankind.












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