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Quotation from On Liberty by John Stuart Mill
“The principle of freedom cannot require that he should be free not to be free. It is not freedom, to be allowed to alienate his freedom”
On Liberty, Ch. V, Applications
Mill's argument that contracts of self-enslavement are void, the most cited limit he places on consent.
Citation: "The principle of freedom cannot require that he should be free not to be free. It is not freedom, to be allowed to alienate his freedom" — John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, Ch. V, Applications. (id on-liberty-q12)
Portrait: John Stuart Mill by London Stereoscopic Company, c1870, London Stereoscopic Company, Public domain.
