John Stuart Mill : (4) " We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavouring to stifle is a false opinion; and even if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still. " - John Stuart Mill " Popular opinions, on subjects not palpable to sense, are often true, but seldom or never the whole truth. " - John Stuart Mill " One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests. " - John Stuart Mill " The disease which inflicts bureaucracy and what they usually die from is routine. " - John Stuart Mill