John Stuart Mill

“If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary 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.”

“It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being.”

“Language is the light of the mind.”

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

“The fatal tendency of mankind to leave off thinking about a thing when it is no longer doubtful, is the cause of half their errors.”

“The great creative individual... is capable of more wisdom and virtue than collective man ever can be.”

“The only freedom deserving the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs... Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves, than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest.”

“The worth of a state, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it.”

“There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.”