There is the greatest difference between presuming an opinion to be true, because, with every opportunity for contesting it, it has not been refuted, and assuming its truth for the purpose of not permitting its refutation.


On Liberty by John Stuart Mill (ed. 1867)

John Stuart Mill Quotes

There is the greatest difference between presuming an opinion to be true, because, with every opportunity for contesting it, it has not been refuted, ...

There is the greatest difference between presuming an opinion to be true, because, with every opportunity for contesting it, it has not been refuted, ...

There is the greatest difference between presuming an opinion to be true, because, with every opportunity for contesting it, it has not been refuted, ...

There is the greatest difference between presuming an opinion to be true, because, with every opportunity for contesting it, it has not been refuted, ...