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Did John Stuart Mill say “Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign”?

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Did John Stuart Mill say “Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign”?

Found word for word. Yes. The text appears in works attributed to John Stuart Mill. Source and location below.

The object of this Essay is to assert one very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society with the individual in the way of compulsion and control, whether the means used be physical force in the form of legal penalties, or the moral coercion of public opinion. That principle is, that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection. That the only purpose for which power ca …
On Liberty — John Stuart Mill, CHAPTER I. · ¶46 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #34901 · source

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