John Stuart Mill Quotes

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.

John Stuart Mill

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• I really want women to know their power, to value their experience. To understand that nothing has been more wholesome in the political process than the increased involvement of women.

  

  Nancy Pelosi
  • Women
  • Experience
  • Power

• People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace.

  

  F. Murray Abraham
  • People
  • Why
  • Power

• The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow-men; and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt.

  

  Walter Scott
  • Men
  • Power
  • Help

• Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Opinion
  • Public Opinion

• I think that, as athletes, sometimes we have the opportunities to make an impact. When it's authentic, I think there's room to share your opinion in an appropriate way.

  

  Aaron Rodgers
  • Think
  • Opinion
  • Opportunities

• I consider 'Dr. Horrible' a tremendous success. The fact that it won an Emmy I just think lends validity to what we were doing and the point we were trying to make: taking the power into someone else's hands and changing the world.

  

  Nathan Fillion
  • World
  • Trying
  • Power

• You have to see if the batsman is coming out, if he is staying back, what his grip is like, to gauge his intentions. A common trend I have observed is, a lot of batsmen change their grips when they are looking to hit: normally they either go high or slide their hand to the bottom of the handle to get maximum power.

  

  Harbhajan Singh
  • Power
  • High
  • Change

• Since Kennedy's death, the nation has not seen, in any of his successors, his cosmopolitan intellectualism or the oratorical eloquence with which he sought to lead the nation by the power of his words.

  

  Vincent Bugliosi
  • Power
  • Death
  • Words

• No matter where your lot may be cast, no power on earth can keep you from making a man of yourself, a superb character, a masterpiece.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
  • May
  • Character
  • Power

• If the City Council wants to hold the police accountable, it has the subpoena power and oversight responsibility to do so. They don't have the courage to do it.

  

  Sal Albanese
  • Power
  • City
  • Responsibility

• The issue is whether the ultimate civil authority of the United States can tolerate actions in contempt of constitutional lines of authority. Any lessening of civil power over military power must inevitably lead away from democracy.

  

  Harold Russell
  • Power
  • Democracy
  • Military

• My scientific work is much more practically minded - to change something, to effect something. And the music I do is much more soft power, about changing minds.

  

  Pardis Sabeti
  • Work
  • Music
  • Power

• The stabilising power of economic union was one of the reasons the E.U. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

  

  Najib Razak
  • Power
  • Peace
  • Economic

• I really admire people who have a natural sense of style. They have a super power.

  

  Rachel Bloom
  • People
  • Power
  • Style

• You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in fact, to do anything it wants.

  

  Harry Browne
  • Good
  • Power
  • Bad

• The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very important instrument... an instrument of power. An instrument that establishes the agenda.

  

  Dan Quayle
  • Important
  • Power
  • Control

• Nanotechnology will let us build computers that are incredibly powerful. We'll have more power in the volume of a sugar cube than exists in the entire world today.

  

  Ralph Merkle
  • World
  • Power
  • Today

• I will do everything in my power to ensure that our United Nations can live up to its name, and be truly united; so that we can live up to the hopes that so many people around the world place in this institution, which is unique in the annals of human history.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • People
  • Up
  • World

• To me, I was right from the beginning, because it's my right as an American to speak up and question our president, have my point of view, have my opinion, question what I want to question, and say what I want to say about our government.

  

  Natalie Maines
  • Up
  • American
  • Question

• I'm very much of the opinion that theatre is a collective art form, not just one person's vision.

  

  Marianne Elliott
  • Art
  • Opinion
  • Vision

• When I was growing up, my white friends would call me: 'Hey, Chief!' Even when I go to work now, people call me 'Chief.'

  

  Adam Beach
  • People
  • Up
  • Work

• 'Why are you so concerned about society?' That is always the question. And my answer is simple: 'Because you are an artist, you have to associate yourself with freedom of expression.'

  

  Ai Weiwei
  • Why
  • Society
  • Freedom

• The army influences everything I do. Certainly it teaches you discipline, which is a necessary element of development. I think there's more of a collaborative understanding in the band because of that.

  

  Maynard James Keenan
  • Band
  • Understanding
  • Discipline

• 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.

  

  John Stuart Mill
  • Power
  • Opinion