Quotes on history

“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.”

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

John Stuart Mill
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“The Conservatives…being by the law of their existence the stupidest party.”

John Stuart Mill
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“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.”

Alexis de Tocqueville
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“A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.”

John Stuart Mill
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“No slave is a slave to the same lengths, and in so full a sense of the word, as a wife is.”

John Stuart Mill
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history of this quote “Woman’s at best a contradiction still.” by Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope
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history of this quote “Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never is, but always to be blessed.” by Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope
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history of this quote “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” by Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope
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history of this quote “The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, And wretches hang that jurymen may dine.” by Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope
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