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‘But I cannot consent to argue the point as if society had no means of bringing its weaker members up to its ordinary standard of rational conduct, expect waiting till they do something irrational, and then punishing them, legally or morally, for it.’

It is BAFFLING how much this resonates, even in 2026.

well, cukup berat juga baca ini, atau mungkin translasinya kurang oke ya? 🤯

‘If he displeases us, we may express our distaste, and we may stand aloof from a person as well as from a thing that displeases us; but we shall not therefore feel called on to make his life uncomfortable.’

‘We have a right, also, in various ways, to act upon our unfavourable opinion of any one, not to the oppression of his individuality, but in the exercise of ours.’

‘But neither one person, nor any number of persons, is warranted in saying to another human creature of ripe years, that he shall not do with his life for his own benefit what he chooses to do with it.’