Quotes on history

“God is on the side not of the heavy battalions, but of the best shots.”

Voltaire
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“All events are linked together in the best of possible worlds; for, after all, if you had not been driven from a fine castle by being kicked in the backside for love of Miss CunĂ©gonde, if you hadn’t been sent before the Inquisition, if you hadn’t traveled across America on foot, if you hadn’t given a good sword thrust to the baron, if you hadn’t lost all your sheep from the good land of Eldorado, you wouldn’t be sitting here eating candied citron and pistachios.”

Voltaire
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history of this quote “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.” by John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill
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history of this quote “The social state is at once so natural, so necessary, and so habitual to man, that…he never conceives himself otherwise than as a member of a body.” by John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill
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history of this quote “There is no such thing as absolute certainty, but there is assurance sufficient for the purposes of human life.” by John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill
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history of this quote “Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.” by John Stuart Mill

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“He who knows only his own side of the case, knows little of that.”

John Stuart Mill
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“Human existence is girt round with mystery: the narrow region of our experience is a small island in the midst of a boundless sea.”

John Stuart Mill
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“A man who has nothing which he is willing to fight for…is a miserable creature, who has no chance of being free.”

John Stuart Mill
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“Every one who receives the protection of society owes a return for the benefit.”

John Stuart Mill
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