On Liberty
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On Liberty

by John Stuart Mill
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  • Chapter 5
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Mill believes that there are two major forms of tyranny: political tyranny (as when a political leader takes too much control over individual lives of the citizens of the state) and social tyranny, which he… read analysis of Tyranny of the majority
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