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The Greatest Defense of Free Speech (John Stuart Mill’s “On Liberty”)

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The Tyranny of the Magistrate

As a Western democracy, we are not driven by our government. John Stuart Mill says that society has to guard itself from oppressing people before the government even catches up. We can't let the will of the people be a tyranny over others. The government follows us and expresses our desires and our interests.

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