Ocupation: Philosopher
Life: May 20, 1806 - May 8, 1873
Birthday: May 20
Death: May 8
There is a limit to the legitimate interference of collective opinion with individual independence: and to find that limit, and maintain it against encroachment, is as indispensable to a good condition of human affairs, as protection against political despotism.
source: John Stuart Mill (1864). “On Liberty”, p.14
topic: Political, Independence, Limits, Individual Independence, Interference, Encroachment