Occupation: Writer Birth: June 11, 1847 Death: August 5, 1929
No circumstance would prevent over-population so effectually as a general raising of the customary standard of comfort among the poorer classes. If t….
Courage calls to courage everywhere, and its voice cannot be denied..
A demand for commodities is not a demand for labor. The demand for labor is determined by the amount of capital directly devoted to the remuneration ….
The first organised opposition by women to women's suffrage in England dates from 1889, when a number of ladies led by Mrs Ward appealed against the ….
A large part of the present anxiety to improve the education of girls and women is also due to the conviction that the political disabilities of wome….
If, however, the success of a politician is to be measured by the degree in which he is able personally to influence the course of politics, and atta….
What is true of Mr. Mill's influence on the women's-suffrage question is true also of the other political movements in which he took an active intere….
capital is the result of saving, and not of spending. The spendthrift who wastes his substance in riotous living decreases the capital of the country….
Every one must be familiar with the often expressed opinion, that, as a practical politician, Mr. Mill's career was essentially a failure..
There are many excuses for the person who made the mistake of confounding money and wealth. Like many others they mistook the sign for the thing sign….
I can honestly say that if I was told at this moment that I was dying, not my first, not my second, but certainly my third thought would be that I sh….
There is little doubt that the majority of Mr. Mills supporters in 1865 did not know what his political opinions were, and that they voted for him si….
I can never feel that setting fire to houses and churches and litter boxes and destroying valuable pictures really helps to convince people that wome….
Of the influence of Mr. Mill's personal character on those who were his political associates, it is difficult to speak too warmly..
The assertion of failure coming from such persons does not mean that Mr. Mill failed to promote the practical success of those objects the advocacy o….
What draws men and women together is stronger than the brutality and tyranny which drive them apart..