Critically comment on the following lines from ON LIBERTY."If all mankind minus one were of a opinion,and only one person were of the contrary...

Quotations such as these prove how strongly passionate
Mill was on the notion of individual choice and liberty.  The inclusion of the idea of
"silencing that one person" helps to bring this out.  Mill was driven by the idea that
the tyranny of the majority is an absolute wrong, something that political
establishments must strive to avoid.  In an era where industry was emerging throughout
the world, doing its best to ensure that all voices were moderated by wealth and social
condition, Mill's writing reminds us that there are some transcendent values that have
to be revered in the modern political setting.  The idea of ensuring that all opinions
are heard, and that the contrary ones, small as they might be, could not be silenced is
a powerful one.  Its implications are that if one voice is silenced today, more will
follow.  The development of the "slippery slope" argument concerning individual rights
takes hold in Mill's ideas such as the one featured.