Quotes

“We have a right, also, in various ways, to act upon our unfavorable opinion of anyone, not to the oppression of his individuality, but in the exercise of ours.” John Stuart Mill

“Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure and the absence of pain.” John Stuart Mill

“All action is for the sake of some end; and rules of action, it seems natural to suppose, must take their whole character and color from the end to which they are subservient.” John Stuart Mill

“All desirable things... are desirable either for the pleasure inherent in themselves, or as a means to the promotion of pleasure and the prevention of pain.” John Stuart Mill

“It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being.” John Stuart Mill

“Men might as well be imprisoned, as excluded from the means of earning their bread.” John Stuart Mill

“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

“Of two pleasures, if there be one which all or almost all who have experience of both give a decided preference, irrespective of any feeling of moral obligation to prefer it, that is the more desirable pleasure.” John Stuart Mill

“Popular opinions, on subjects not palpable to sense, are often true, but seldom or never the whole truth.” John Stuart Mill

“The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement.” John Stuart Mill

“The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited; he must not make himself a nuisance to other people.” John Stuart Mill

“Unquestionably, it is possible to do without happiness; it is done involuntarily by nineteen-twentieths of mankind.” John Stuart Mill

“We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavouring to stifle is a false opinion; and even if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still.” John Stuart Mill

“A lot of people don't want to make their own decisions. They're too scared. It's much easier to be told what to do.” Marilyn Manson

“Marilyn Monroe wasn't even her real name, Charles Manson isn't his real name, and now, I'm taking that to be my real name. But what's real? You can't find the truth, you just pick the lie you like the best.” Marilyn Manson

“We live in a society of victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimized than actually standing up for themselves.” Marilyn Manson

“Music is the strongest form of magic.” Marilyn Manson

“I think art is the only thing that's spiritual in the world. And I refuse to forced to believe in other people's interpretations of God. I don't think anybody should be. No one person can own the copyright to what God means.” Marilyn Manson

“The burden of originality is one that most people don't want to accept. They'd rather sit in front of the TV and let that tell them what they're supposed to like, what they're supposed to buy, and what they're supposed to laugh at.” Marilyn Manson

“Part of me is afraid to get close to people because I'm afraid that they're going to leave.” Marilyn Manson

“When all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed.” Marilyn Manson

“Anybody intelligent enough to realize what America is, is not going to sit around and do nothing about it. They're going to be the same way that I am. They're going to be the same way our fans are. They're going to be pissed.” Marilyn Manson

“When you're taught to love everyone, to love your enemies, then what value does that place on love?” Marilyn Manson

“Find out what's really out there. I never said to be like me, I say be like you and make a difference.” Marilyn Manson

“People tend to associate anyone who looks and behaves differently with illegal or immoral activity.” Marilyn Manson

“In the end we're all Jerry Springer Show guests, really, we just haven't been on the show.” Marilyn Manson

“There's no reason to change what you are, but if you're not being you, then you need to acknowledge that.” Marilyn Manson

“I am drawn to women who are independent and creative, which is problematic because it's a struggle, a competition of careers. There's jealousy.” Marilyn Manson

“Is adult entertainment killing our children? or is killing our children entertaining our adults?” Marilyn Manson

“In any story, the villain is the catalyst. The hero's not a person who will bend the rules or show the cracks in his armor. He's one-dimensional intentionally, but the villain is the person who owns up to what he is and stands by it.” Marilyn Manson