We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavouring to stifle is a false opinion; and if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still.
Utilitarianism, liberty
We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavouring to stifle is a false opinion; and if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still.
Utilitarianism, liberty
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"The government of a country by a mere numerical majority, is a thing which cannot be permanent."
Controversial"Every man who says frankly and without cant, what he thinks, will be in some way a benefactor to his age."
Controversial"The only business of the government is to prevent harm to others."
Controversial"It is not the business of the law to make people good, but to prevent them from doing harm."
Strange & Unusual"The government of a country, by a part of the people, is, for all purposes of good government, an equally objectionable form of government with that of a single despot."
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