...that we can promote a rediscovery of a wealth of wisdom that our society clearly needs. IF ALL MANKIND MINUS ONE WERE OF ONE OPINION, AND ONLY ONE PERSON WERE OF CONTRARY OPINION, MANKIND WOULD BE NO MORE JUSTIFIED IN SILENCING THAT ONE PERSON THAN HE, IF HE HAD...

...noxious, when exerted in accordance with public opinion, than when in opposition to it. If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person...no value except to the owner; if to be obstructed in the enjoyment of it were simply a private injury, it would make some difference whether the injury...

...function of the human web, John Stuart Mill has this advice, written in 1859 in On Liberty. If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person...no value except to the owner; if to be obstructed in the enjoyment of it were simply a private injury, it would make some difference whether the injury...

...his 1859 work On Liberty, Mill argued for almost unrestricted freedom of expression: "If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person...the power, would be justified in silencing mankind" (6). Mill found free expression necessary "to the mental wellbeing of mankind" for four reasons: First,...

...one free to choose what he should believe. Compare John Stuart MilL On Liberty (1859): If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, and only one person...the power, would be justified in silencing mankind If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the opportunity of exchanging error for truth; if wrong,...

...thirty years ago — we approached this same microphone and quoted John Stuart Mill: If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, and only one person...the power, would be justified in silencing mankind. And Mill also said: We can never be sure the opinion we are endeavoring to stifle is a false opinion,...

...most moving essay on liberty in English, perhaps in any language." Mill's words were, "If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person...the power, would be justified in silencing mankind." From this Mill gained the reputation as the defender of absolute freedom. Mill's quote receives almost...

...by, this freedom. Mere is Mill's first statement against the suppression of opinions: Il all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person...that one person, than he, if he had the power, would lx' justified in silencing mankind. Were an opinion a personal possession of no value except to the...

...individual, has, if any, only an indirect interest' (ibid.: 16); 'If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing...the power, would be justified in silencing mankind' (ibid.: 21); 'All silencing of discussion is an assumption of infallibility' (ibid.: 22). Such resounding...

...individual, has, if any, only an indirect interest' (ibid.: 16); 'If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing...the power, would be justified in silencing mankind' (ibid.: 21); 'All silencing of discussion is an assumption of infallibility' (ibid.: 22). Such resounding...