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We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavouring to stifle is a false opinion; and even if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still.
John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill
Born: May 20, 1806
Died: May 8, 1873

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