 ... the source of everything respectable in man either as an intellectual or as a moral being, namely, that his errors are corrigible. He is capable of rectifying his mistakes by discussion and experience. Not by experience alone. There must be discussion...  On Liberty - Page 41by John Stuart Mill - 1863 - 223 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jules L. Coleman, Anthony James Sebok - Law - 1994 - 598 pages
...Liberty I9.67 IC. Shields ed. I936I. "Wrong opinions and practices gradually yield to fact and argnment; but facts and arguments, to produce any effect on the mind, must be brought before it." Id. at 2S. Hence, the "peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion" is that it robs the... | |
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