John Stuart Mill Quotes
In the human mind, one-sidedness has always been the rule, and many-sidedness the exception. Hence, even in revolutions of opinion, one part of the truth usually sets while another rises.
Mill, John Stuart. On Liberty. John W. Parker and Son, 1859, p. 87.
Most people are surprised that this is a reality of something like physics although sophisticated philosophers have been making this point with respect to human relations for many years. Politics is a particularly good example where conflicting realities can both exist at the same time.
As humans develop, their mental innovations and understanding of justice, fairness, freedom and standard of living in turn drive their political ideology which in turn drives most revolutions as Humboldt postulated. And this is before he had the example of the French and Russian Revolutions much less the revolutions of South America, Asia and the fall of the Soviet Union.
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.
