John Stuart Mill Quote

"If all mankind minus one were of one opinion and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that person that he, if he had the power, would be in silencing mankind… If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the opportunity of exchanging error for truth; if wrong, they lose, what is almost as great a benefit, the clearer perception and livelier impression of truth, produced by its collision with error."

By:	John Stuart Mill (more quotes by John Stuart Mill or books by/about John Stuart Mill)
	(1806-1873) English philosopher and economist
Source:	On Liberty, 1859
Categories:	Censorship, Free Thought, Individualism, Integrity, Power, Reason, Science, Truth
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