A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his i…

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. ✨ John Stuart Mill, G. W. Smith (1998). John Stuart Mill's Social and Political Thought: Freedom, p.110, Taylor & Francis
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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. ✨ John Stuart Mill, G. W. Smith (1998). John Stuart Mill's Social and Political Thought: Freedom, p.110, Taylor & Francis

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