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" If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind. "

John Stuart Mill

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John Stuart Mill

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" A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury. "

" That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of the time. "

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