How can I keep Wordpress from stripping out my and <br> tags?

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Wordpress strips out
Code:
&lt;p&gt;
and
Code:
&lt;br&gt;
tags when switching between the visual and the text editors. Well, to be specific, it doesn't actually strip them out of the content, but it does not display them in the text editor view. Is there a way to stop it from hiding those tags?

I know about the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-advanced/" rel="nofollow">tinymce advanced plugin</a>, but is there a way to stop this behavior on a per-post/per-page basis without having to install the plugin?