John Stuart Mill Quote

But these few are the salt of the earth; without them, human life would become a stagnant pool. Not only is it they who introduce good things which did not before exist, it is they who keep the life in those which already existed.


On Liberty by John Stuart Mill (ed. 1867)


But these few are the salt of the earth; without them, human life would become a stagnant pool. Not only is it they who introduce good things which...

But these few are the salt of the earth; without them, human life would become a stagnant pool. Not only is it they who introduce good things which...

But these few are the salt of the earth; without them, human life would become a stagnant pool. Not only is it they who introduce good things which...

But these few are the salt of the earth; without them, human life would become a stagnant pool. Not only is it they who introduce good things which...