Quote of the Day — John Stuart Mill
April 7, 2021
To refuse a hearing to an opinion because they are sure that it is false is to assume that their certainty is the same thing as absolute certainty. All silencing of discussion is an assumption of infallibility. — John Stuart Mill
1806–1873
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1806–1873
John Stuart Mill, born on May 20, 1806, in Pentonville, London, was the most influential English-language philosopher of the nineteenth century, a towering figure in the history of liberalism whose writings on liberty, representative government, and the nature of human happiness continue to shape political thought and public debate in the United States and throughout the Western world. A man of extraordinary intellectual gifts who was subjected to one of the most rigorous educations in recorded history, Mill spent his life wrestling with the fundamental questions of how a free society should be organized and what limits, if any, should…
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Mill’s warning about the dangers of silencing dissent framed the April 7, 2021 broadcast, where investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson detailed how organized interests have manufactured demand for information control.
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Infallibility
The quality of being incapable of error; the inability to be wrong or mistaken. In philosophical and religious contexts, it…
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Media Censorship and the Fight for Free Speech
Sharyl Attkisson reveals the organized campaign behind media censorship. Jason McBride warns about inflated market valuations.
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