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Governments must not use ‘the good of society’ as an excuse to run our lives.

December 30

Hair by Hair
By William Cobbett

Governments must not use ‘the good of society’ as an excuse to run our lives.

In 1803, William Wilberforce threw his weight behind compuslory vaccination for smallpox, declaring that those who refused it were endangering society. William Cobbett replied with an open letter, in which he wondered whether any Government could resist applying the same logic to every habit, preference or opinion they could label as a social menace.

Posted December 30 2024

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