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Friday, November 20, 2009

"Essay in Liberty" by John Stuart Mill,1859


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An individual's liberty can rightfully be constrained only in order to prevent his doing harm to others.
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Certain areas of human freedom cannot rightfully be denied :
the freedom to believe,the freedom of taste,and the freedom to unite
(for any purpose not involving harm to others).
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Open expressions of opinions should not be repressed,for if the repressed opinion is true,one loses the opportunity of discovering the truth ;
while if the repressed opinion is false,discussion of its falsity strengthens the opposing truth and makes the grounds of truth evident ;
furthermore,the truth may be divided between the prevailing opinion and the repressed one,and by allowing expression of both,one makes recognition of the whole truth possible.
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