John Stuart Mill Quotes
Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called and whether it professes to be enforcing the will of God or the injunctions of men.
Mill, John Stuart. On Liberty. John W. Parker and Son, 1859, p. 114.
Describing the proposed U. S. Constitution:
Urging a presidential veto of a tough ethics law prohibiting unethical behavior on the part of government officials:
John Stuart Mill, usually cited as J. S. Mill, was an English philosopher, political economist, Member of Parliament, and civil servant. One of the most influential thinkers in the history of classical liberalism, he contributed widely to social theory, political theory, and political economy. Dubbed "the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century", he conceived of liberty as justifying the freedom of the individual in opposition to unlimited state and social control.
