We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavoring to stifle is …

John Stuart Mill
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We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavoring to stifle is a false opinion; and if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still. ✨ On Liberty ch. 2 (1859)
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We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavoring to stifle is a false opinion; and if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still. ✨ On Liberty ch. 2 (1859)

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