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I believe in spectacles, but I think eyes necessary too.

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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 j...more

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religion, the most powerful of the elements which have entered into the formation of moral feeling, having almost always been governed either by the a...more

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It is not good for man to be kept perforce at all times in the presence of his species. A world from which solitude is extirpated is a very poor ideal...more

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All social inequalities which have ceased to be considered expedient, assume the character not of simple inexpediency, but of injustice, and appear so...more

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The test of real and vigorous thinking, the thinking which ascertains truths instead of dreaming dreams, is successful application to practice.

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It also appears to me that when prejudices persist obstinately, it is the fault of nobody so much as of those who make a point of proclaiming them ins...more

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It is an adherent condition of human affairs that no intention, however sincere, of protecting the interests of others can make it safe or salutary to...more

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To think that because those who wield power in society wield in the end that of government, therefore it is of no use to attempt to influence the cons...more

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It is a bitter thought, how different a thing the Christianity of the world might have been, if the Christian faith had been adopted as the religion o...more

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There are many who consider as an injury to themselves any conduct which they have a distaste for, and resent it as an outrage to their feelings; as a...more

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First, if any opinion is compelled to silence, that opinion may, for aught we can certainly know, be true. To deny this is to assume our own infallibi...more

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Society can and does execute its own mandates: and if it issues wrong mandates instead of right, or any mandates at all in things with it ought not to...more

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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 ...more

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We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavouring to stifle is a false opinion; and if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still.