Dec 6, 2020

John Stuart Mill on the suppression of truth

... The dictum that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of those pleasant falsehoods which men repeat after one another till they pass into commonplaces, but which all experience refutes.  History teems with instances of truth put down by persecution.  If not suppressed forever, it may be thrown back for centuries.

~ John Stuart Mill, On Liberty



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