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Quotation from On Liberty by John Stuart Mill
“That principle is, that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection”
On Liberty, Ch. I, Introductory
Mill's statement of the harm principle, the thesis of the whole essay.
Citation: "That principle is, that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection" — John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, Ch. I, Introductory. (id on-liberty-q1)
Portrait: John Stuart Mill by London Stereoscopic Company, c1870, London Stereoscopic Company, Public domain.
