John Stuart Mill Quotes on Truth
John Stuart Mill was a 19th-century British philosopher and political economist, the most influential English-language thinker of the Victorian era. This page collects quotes attributed to John Stuart Mill on the topic of truth, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to John Stuart Mill:
“He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that.”
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Attributed to John Stuart Mill:
“If all mankind minus one were of one 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.”
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Attributed to John Stuart Mill:
“All silencing of discussion is an assumption of infallibility.”
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Attributed to John Stuart Mill:
“The dictum that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of those pleasant falsehoods which men repeat after one another till they pass into commonplaces, but which all experience refutes.”