John Stuart Mill quote: The dictum that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of the pleasant falsehoods which men repeat after one another ...

The dictum that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of the pleasant falsehoods which men repeat after one another till they pass into commonplaces, but which all experience refutes.

~ John Stuart Mill ~

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