Quote by: John Stuart Mill

All social inequalities which have ceased to be considered expedient, assume the character not of simple inexpediency, but of injustice, and appear so tyrannical, that people are apt to wonder how they ever could have. been tolerated; forgetful that they themselves perhaps tolerate other inequalities under an equally mistaken notion of expediency, the correction of which would make that which they approve seem quite as monstrous as what they have at last learnt to condemn.


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  • NameJohn Stuart Mill
  • DescriptionBritish philosopher and political economist
  • AliasesJ. S. Mill
  • BornMay 20, 1806
  • DiedMay 8, 1873
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPhilosopher; Economist; Author; Politician; Autobiographer
  • WorksOn Liberty