John Stuart Mill Society Quotes

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What did John Stuart Mill say about Society?

John Stuart Mill has written many quotes about Society. E.g.,

  • Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character had abounded and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and courage which it contained.
  • The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time.
  • The individual is not accountable to society for his actions in so far as these concern the interests of no person but himself.

What are the top most famous Society quotes by John Stuart Mill?

Here are the top most famous quotes about Society by John Stuart Mill.

  • Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character had abounded and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and courage which it contained.
  • The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time.
  • The individual is not accountable to society for his actions in so far as these concern the interests of no person but himself.
  • The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns others. In the part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.