Political Economy, in truth, has never pretended to give advice to mankind with no lights but its own; though people who knew nothing but political economy (and therefore knew it ill) have taken upon themselves to advise, and could only do so by such lights as they had.


Autobiography... Third edition (ed. 1874)

John Stuart Mill Quotes

Political Economy, in truth, has never pretended to give advice to mankind with no lights but its own; though people who knew nothing but political...

Political Economy, in truth, has never pretended to give advice to mankind with no lights but its own; though people who knew nothing but political...

Political Economy, in truth, has never pretended to give advice to mankind with no lights but its own; though people who knew nothing but political...

Political Economy, in truth, has never pretended to give advice to mankind with no lights but its own; though people who knew nothing but political...