 Liberty, as a principle, has no application to any state of things anterior to the time when mankind have become capable of being improved by free and equal discussion.  Our Social Heritage - Page 161by Graham Wallas - 1921 - 307 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Stuart Mill - 1859 - 216 pages
...effecting that end. Liberty, as a principle, has no application to any state of things anterior to the time when mankind have become capable of being improved...Charlemagne, if they are so fortunate as to find one. But as soon as mankind have attained the capacity of being guided to their own improvement by conviction... | |
 | john stuart mill - 1859 - 230 pages
...effecting that end. Liberty, as a principle, has no application to any state of things anterior to the time when mankind have become capable of being improved...Charlemagne, if they are so fortunate as to find one. But as soon as mankind have attained the capacity of being guided to their own improvement by conviction... | |
 | 1859 - 802 pages
...will. ' Liberty,' says Mr. Mill himself, ' has no application to any state of things anterior to the time when mankind have become capable of being improved by free and equal discussion.' A sound public sentiment can arise only out of full and unfettered exchange of opinion, and we hail... | |
 | 1860 - 446 pages
...23). Liberty," he says, " as a principle, has no application to any state of things anterior to the time when mankind have become capable of being improved by free and equal discussion. When the wisdom of the governors is far in advance of the wisdom of the governed, and the means do... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1863 - 236 pages
...effecting that end. " " Liberty, as a principle, has no application to any state of things anterior to the time when mankind have become capable of being improved...Charlemagne, if they are so fortunate as to find one. But as soon as mankind have attained the capacity of being guided to their own improvement by conviction... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1865 - 118 pages
...effecting that end. Liberty, as a principle, has no application to any state of things anterior to the time when mankind have become capable of being improved...by free and equal discussion. Until then, there is nothingfor them but implicit obedience to an Akbar or a Charlemagne, if they are so fortunate as to... | |
 | 1866 - 520 pages
...effecting that end. Liberty, as a principle, has no application to any state of things anterior to the time when mankind have become capable of being improved...Charlemagne, if they are so fortunate as to find one.'> Nowhere is this truth more forcibly illustrated than in the history of the tropical plantations of... | |
 | 1866 - 566 pages
...no application to any state of things anterior to :he time when mankind have become capable of leing improved by free and equal discussion. Until then...implicit obedience to an Akbar or a Charlemagne, if ;hey are so fortunate as to find one.'* Nowhere is this truth more forcibly illustrated than in the... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1868 - 728 pages
...category of disqualification. These last are best managed by despotism. Liberty becomes a right only when ' mankind have become capable of ' being improved by free and equal discussion.' Until then an Akbar, or a Charlemagne, is the fittest ruler. Now, there can be no reasonable objection to the... | |
 | James Fitzjames Stephen - 1873 - 360 pages
...contained in the passages quoted above. It fixes the limit up to which compulsion is justifiable at the ' time when mankind have become capable of being improved by free and equal discussion.' This expression may imply that compulsion is always or never justifiable, according to the manner in... | |
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