John Stuart Mill Quote

Quote from John Stuart Mill,

"War is an ugly thing but not the ugliest of things;
the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feelings
which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.
A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight,
nothing which is more important than his own personal safety,
is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free
unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."

By:	John Stuart Mill (more quotes by John Stuart Mill or books by/about John Stuart Mill)
	(1806-1873) English philosopher and economist
Source:	paraphrased from "The Contest in America," Fraser’s Magazine (February 1862); later published in Dissertations and Discussions (1868), vol.1 p. 26
Categories:	Courage, Freedom, Honor, Liberty, Responsibility, Safety, Security, War
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