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

Quote by John Stuart Mill

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In all intellectual debates, both sides tend to be correct in what they affirm, and...

In all intellectual debates, both sides tend to be correct in what they affirm, and...

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.

One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.

One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.

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...

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...

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...

A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is...

A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is...

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...

The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is...

The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is...

If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, and only one person were of...

If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, and only one person were of...

That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of the time.

That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of the time.

The dictum that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of the pleasant falsehoods which...

The dictum that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of the pleasant falsehoods which...

A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both...

A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both...

Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called and whether it...

Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called and whether it...

No slave is a slave to the same lengths, and in so full a sense...

No slave is a slave to the same lengths, and in so full a sense...

Language is the light of the mind

Language is the light of the mind

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

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

We have been given a gift that is really, really precious. Its simple. It isnt...

We have been given a gift that is really, really precious. Its simple. It isnt...

Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse.

Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse.

Happiness consists in activity. It is running steam, not a stagnant pool.

Happiness consists in activity. It is running steam, not a stagnant pool.