 But I deny the right of the people to exercise such coercion, either by themselves or by their government. The power itself is illegitimate. The best government has no more title to it than the worst. It is as noxious, or more noxious, when exerted in...  On Liberty - Page 33by John Stuart Mill - 1859 - 207 pagesFull view - About this book
 | john stuart mill - 1859 - 230 pages
...thinks of exerting any power of coercion unless in agreement with what it conceives to be their voice. But I deny the right of the people to exercise such...with public opinion, than when in opposition to it. If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Liberty - 1863 - 236 pages
...of exerting any power of coercion un- ., less in agreement with what it conceives to be their voice. But I deny the right of the people '-" "'/to exercise...with public opinion, than when in opposition to it. If all mankind minus one, were ; of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion,... | |
 | Herbert Junius Hardwicke - Christianity - 1884 - 308 pages
...doctrines ; and this weapon is declared by that great thinker, JS Mill, to be an illegitimate power, and -'as noxious, or more noxious, when exerted in accordance...with public opinion, than when in opposition to it". He further declares that "if all mankind minus one were of one opinion, and only one person of the... | |
 | Charles Robert Drysdale - Malthusianism - 1892 - 122 pages
...Stuart Mill, when he says, in speaking of the putting down of the liberty of expressing opinions : " I deny the right of the people to exercise such coercion...with public opinion than when in opposition to it. If all mankind, minus one, were of one opinion. and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind... | |
 | Literature - 1894 - 916 pages
...thinks of exerting any power of coercion unless in agreement with what it conceives to be their voice. >! If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Liberty - 1895 - 404 pages
...exercise of self.defence, tan legitimately punish attacks directed against its own existence their voice. But I deny the right of the people to exercise such...themselves . or by their government. The power itself is j illegitimate. The best government has nc ' more title to it than the worst. It is as nox ious, or... | |
 | E. F. B. Fell - Liberty - 1908 - 302 pages
...doing, makes itself " the organ of the general intolerance of the public." He goes on to say — " but I deny the right of the people to exercise such...their government. The power itself is illegitimate." (Page 10, People's Edition.) Again, speaking of a social obligation of the individual, he says : "... | |
 | Censorship - 1909 - 284 pages
...thinks of exerting any power of coercion unless in agreement with what it conceives to be their voice. But I deny the right of the people to exercise such...with public opinion, than when in opposition to it. If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were 6ftEe~contrary opinion, mankind... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1909 - 484 pages
...thinks of exerting any power of coercion unless in agreement with what it conceives to be their voice. But I deny the right of the people to exercise such...accordance with public opinion, than when in opposition to it-Ylf all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion,... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1909 - 500 pages
...of exert- L ing any power of coercion unless in agreement-with what it conceives to be their voice. But I deny the right of the people to exercise such...government has no more title to it than the worst. It I is as noxious, or more noxious, when exerted in accordance^ with public opinion, than when in opposition... | |
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