The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools. (Essays, 1891)
Herbert Spencer quote We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one.
Herbert Spencer quote When a man's knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has the greater will be his confusion.
Herbert Spencer quote A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.
Herbert Spencer quote A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes at any moment taking place in it.
Herbert Spencer quote Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.
Herbert Spencer quote Government is essentially immoral.
Herbert Spencer quote Science is organized knowledge.
Herbert Spencer quote Biography
English philosopher, 1820-1903
