An idea from On Liberty

You can obey every law and still be pushed around. Neighbors, employers and the crowd punish without any court, and they reach into how you dress, speak and worship. That kind of pressure leaves you fewer ways out than a bad law does.

From On Liberty by John Stuart Mill

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