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When the public interferes with purely personal conduct, it is likely to interfere wrongly and in the wrong place
Drawn from what John Stuart Mill said
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- John Stuart Mill Philosopher (1806 to 1873), a utilitarian and liberal
But the strongest of all the arguments against the interference of the public with purely personal conduct, is that when it does interfere, the odds are that it interferes wrongly, and in the wrong place.
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