A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.

Quote by John Stuart Mill

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Popular opinions, on subjects not palpable to sense, are often true, but seldom or never...

Popular opinions, on subjects not palpable to sense, are often true, but seldom or never...

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited; he must not make himself...

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited; he must not make himself...

The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is that it is robbing...

The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is that it is robbing...

Life has a certain flavor for those who have fought and risked all that the...

Life has a certain flavor for those who have fought and risked all that the...

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded...

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded...

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

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

Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.

Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.

Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character had abounded; and the amount...

Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character had abounded; and the amount...

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

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

It is as certain that many opinions, now general, will be rejected by future ages,...

It is as certain that many opinions, now general, will be rejected by future ages,...

Of two pleasures, if there be one which all or almost all who have experience...

Of two pleasures, if there be one which all or almost all who have experience...

I am not aware that any community has a right to force another to be...

I am not aware that any community has a right to force another to be...

When the land is cultivated entirely by the spade, and no horses are kept, a...

When the land is cultivated entirely by the spade, and no horses are kept, a...

Men might as well be imprisoned, as excluded from the means of earning their bread.

Men might as well be imprisoned, as excluded from the means of earning their bread.

Foresight of phenomenon and power over them depend on knowledge of their sequences, and not...

Foresight of phenomenon and power over them depend on knowledge of their sequences, and not...

All desirable things... are desirable either for the pleasure inherent in themselves, or as a...

All desirable things... are desirable either for the pleasure inherent in themselves, or as a...

As for charity, it is a matter in which the immediate effect on the persons...

As for charity, it is a matter in which the immediate effect on the persons...

Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.

Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.

The individual is not accountable to society for his actions in so far as these...

The individual is not accountable to society for his actions in so far as these...

The duty of man is the same in respect to his own nature as in...

The duty of man is the same in respect to his own nature as in...