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... tain sense , it has divided mankind , almost from the remotest ages ; but in the stage of progress into which the more civilized portions of the species have now entered , it presents itself un- der new conditions , and requires a diffe ...
... tain sense , it has divided mankind , almost from the remotest ages ; but in the stage of progress into which the more civilized portions of the species have now entered , it presents itself un- der new conditions , and requires a diffe ...
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... tain that the government would , or would not , do it in the manner they great writers to whom the world owes what religious liberty it possesses , have mostly asserted freedom of conscience as an indefeasible right , and denied ...
... tain that the government would , or would not , do it in the manner they great writers to whom the world owes what religious liberty it possesses , have mostly asserted freedom of conscience as an indefeasible right , and denied ...
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... tain it . Each is the proper guardian of his own health , whether bodily , or mental and spiritual . Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves , than by compelling each to live as seems good ...
... tain it . Each is the proper guardian of his own health , whether bodily , or mental and spiritual . Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves , than by compelling each to live as seems good ...
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... tain its truth . The truth of an opinion is part of its utility . If we would know whether or not it is desirable that a proposition should be believed , is it possible to exclude the consideration of whether or not it is true ? In the ...
... tain its truth . The truth of an opinion is part of its utility . If we would know whether or not it is desirable that a proposition should be believed , is it possible to exclude the consideration of whether or not it is true ? In the ...
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... tain , and the feelings they cherish , re- specting those who disown the beliefs they deem important , which makes this country not a place of mental free- dom . For a long time past , the chief mischief of the legal penalties is that ...
... tain , and the feelings they cherish , re- specting those who disown the beliefs they deem important , which makes this country not a place of mental free- dom . For a long time past , the chief mischief of the legal penalties is that ...
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Página 10 - dissent from the opinion, still more than those who hold it. If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the opportunity of exchanging error for truth : if wrong, they lose, what is almost as great a benefit, the clearer perception and livelier impression of truth, produced by its collision with error. ; It is
Página 6 - the use of any expedients that will attain an end, perhaps otherwise unattainable. Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians, provided the end be their improvement, and the means justified by actually effecting that end. Liberty, as a principle, has no application to any state of things anterior to
Página 6 - rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant. He cannot rightfully be compelled to do or forbear because it will be better for him to do so, because it will make him happier, because, in the opinions of others, to do
Página 8 - it. Each is the proper guardian of his own health, whether bodily, or mental and spiritual. Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves, than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest.
Página 6 - of society in which the race itself may be considered as in its nonage. The early difficulties in the way of spontaneous progress are so great, that there is seldom any choice of means for overcoming them ; and a ruler full of the spirit of improvement is warranted
Página 3 - since, though not usually upheld by such extreme penalties, it leaves fewer means of escape, penetrating much more deeply into the details of life, and enslaving the soul itself. Protection, therefore, against the tyranny of the magistrate is not enough : there needs protection also against the
Página 6 - way of compulsion and control, whether the means used be physical force in the form of legal penalties', or' the moral coercion of public opinion. That principle is, that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually
Página 12 - produce any effect on the mind, must be brought before it. Very few facts are able to tell their own story, without comments to bring out their meaning. The ¡¡whole strength and value, then, of 'human judgment, depending on the :;one property, that it can be set right ¡¡when it is wrong, reliance can be
Página 6 - as that of manhood or womanhood. Those who are still in a state to require being taken care of by others, must be protected against their own actions as well as against external injury. For the same reason, we may leave out of consideration those backward
Página 41 - The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement, being in unceasing antagonism to that disposition to aim at something better than customary, which is called, according to circumstances, the spirit of liberty, or that of progress or improvement. The spirit of improvement is not always a spirit of liberty, for it