On Liberty

noun

1. a treatise (1859) by John Stuart Mill on the rights of the individual within the state.

“On Liberty”

1. (1859) An essay by John Stuart Mill in defense of the liberal idea of political freedom. Mill takes a firm position that the state may interfere with the freedom of individuals only to protect other individuals; the person's “own good” is not a sufficient reason.

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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who once campaigned on his and Paul’s “likeminded views, especially on liberty,” was a bit more honest about the threat of state force used to coerce Kimmel off the air.

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I started working on Liberty Lost initially in the weeks following the end of Roe v.

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The case turned not on guilt or innocence, nor on liberty or confinement, but on a piece of paper the court already had.

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A sturdy and symbolic soapbox for speeches on liberty.

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Warnings about a "chilling effect" on free speech date back at least as far as the publication of John Stuart Mill's famous essay, On Liberty, in 1859.

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