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The great writers to whom the world owes what religious liberty it…

Quote byJohn Stuart Mill · 1806–1873

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: On Liberty (1859), Ch. 1: Introductory.

English (original)

The great writers to whom the world owes what religious liberty it possesses, have mostly asserted freedom of conscience as an indefeasible right, and denied absolutely that a human being is accountable to others for his religious belief.

— John Stuart Mill

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