John Stuart Mill
philosopher · London, England · 1806–1873
A philosopher who was taught Greek by his father from the age of three and wrote while working for the East India Company. He defended individual liberty and votes for women.
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1859
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.
On Liberty, chapter 2
1869
the principle which regulates the existing social relations between the two sexes--the legal subordination of one sex to the other--is wrong in itself, and now one of the chief hindrances to human improvement; and that it ought to be replaced by a principle of perfect equality, admitting no power or privilege on the one side, nor disability on the other.
The Subjection of Women, chapter 1
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