John Stuart Mill

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

"The worth of a state is the worth of the individuals composing it."

"Pleasure and freedom of action are essential to a meaningful existence."

"One person with a belief is equal to a force of 99 who have only interests."

"The remarkable thing about history is how much of it is not true."

"Human nature is not a machine to be built after a model, but a tree to be grown."

"Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians."

"To deny the possibility of progress is to insult human nature."

"The capacity for the nobler feelings is in most people a very tender plant."

"Society has had ample experience that equality does not diminish personal excellence."

"Originality is not prized when it disturbs comfortable conventions."

"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things."

"The most important thing a person can develop is their faculty of judgment."

"Progress imposes not just a duty to the future but an obligation to honor the past."

"He who lets the world choose his plan of life for him has no need of any other faculty."

"Unmask hypocrisy wherever it appears; truth demands this of us."

"The mind that is formed slowly and with difficulty becomes stronger than the quick mind."

"Do not mistake comfort for happiness; they are not the same thing."

"A woman is not less capable of reasoning than a man; society simply refuses to teach her."

"The foundation of all justice is good faith; without it, nothing else matters."

"To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often."

"Art and literature are not luxuries but necessities of the mind."

"Moral cowardice is the only unforgivable sin in a free society."

"The young need examples more than they need criticism."

"Idleness is not the absence of work, but the absence of purpose."

"Rights are not given; they are recognized as inherent to human nature."

"The love of power, not the love of goodness, is the root of most evil."

"Diversity of opinion is beneficial until it becomes a hindrance to action."

"The greatest discovery of our generation is not in science but in human potential."

"Family bonds, when properly nurtured, become the strongest force in society."