...to bring a child into existence without a fair prospect of being able not only to provide food for its body but instruction and training for its mind is a moral crime both against the unfortunate offspring and against society
John Stuart Mill
-
Next Quote
Since the state must necessarily provide subsistence for the criminal poor while undergoing punishment not to do the same for the poor who have not offended is to give a premium on crime.
- John Stuart Mill -
Previous Quote
There is a limit to the legitimate interference of collective opinion with individual independence: and to find that limit, and maintain it against encroachment, is as indispensable to a good condition of human affairs, as protection against politica.
- John Stuart Mill