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Quote from John Stuart Mill,

"And it is not difficult to show, by abundant instances, that to extend the bounds of what may be called moral police, until it encroaches on the most unquestionably legitimate liberty of the individual, is one of the most universal of all human propensities."



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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, by John Stuart Mill, 1859
http://books.google.com.gt/books?id=fBZDXUaOXfUC&pg=PA95&lpg=PA95

Categories:

Humanity, Individualism, Morality, Police

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