Strange it is, that men should admit the validity of the arguments
for free discussion, but object to their being "pushed to an extreme";
not seeing that unless the reasons are good for an extreme case, they
are not good for any case. Strange that they should imagine that
they are not assuming infallibility, when they acknowledge that there
should be free discussion on all subjects which can possibly be
doubtful, but think that some particular principle or doctrine should be
forbidden to be questioned because it is so certain, that is, because
they are certain that it is certain. To call any proposition certain,
while there is any one who would deny its certainty if permitted, but
who is not permitted, is to assume that we ourselves, and those who
agree with us, are the judges of certainty, and judges without hearing
the other side.-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, 1859, pg 29
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