 The spirit of improvement is not always a spirit of liberty, for it may aim at forcing improvements on an unwilling people; and the spirit of liberty, in so far as it resists such attempts, may ally itself locally and temporarily with the opponents of...  Liberty, Equality, Fraternity - Page 42by James Fitzjames Stephen - 1873 - 350 pagesFull view - About this book
 | john stuart mill - 1859 - 230 pages
...resists such attempts, may ally itself locally and temporarily with the opponents of improvement ; but the only unfailing and permanent source of improvement...independent centres of improvement as there are individuals. The progressive principle, however, in either shape, whether as the love of liberty or of improvement,... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Political Science - 1859 - 216 pages
...locally and temporarily with the opponents of improvement; but the only unfailing and perma-_^_nent source of improvement is liberty, since by it there...independent centres of improvement as there are individuals. The progressive principle, however, in either shape, whether as the love of liberty or of improvement,... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Liberty - 1863 - 236 pages
...resists such attempts, may ally itself locally and temporarily with the opponents of improvement; but the only unfailing and permanent source of improvement...independent centres of improvement as there are individuals. The ' progressive principle, however, in either shape, whether as the love of liberty or of improvement,... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Political Science - 1863 - 232 pages
...attempts, may ally itself locally and temporarily with the opponents of improvement ; but the xmly unfailing and permanent source of improvement is liberty,...independent centres of improvement as there are individuals. The P progressive principle, however, in either shape, \ whether as the love of liberty or of improvetjnent,... | |
 | J. Arthur Partridge - Democracy - 1866 - 446 pages
...stop? When it ceases to possess Individuality. . . . The only unfailing and permanent source of its improvement is Liberty, since by it there are as many...possible independent centres of improvement, as there are Individuals."—Mill on Liberty, pp. 130, 114, 126, 127. " We have now, therefore, obtained a foundation... | |
 | Exile from France - Communism - 1876 - 472 pages
...mentions an important advantage accruing to society from the use of individual liberty, saying : — " The only unfailing and permanent source of improvement...centres of improvement as there are individuals." In opposition to this, Mr. Stephen quotes from an article in Fraser's Magazine for August, 1872 ("... | |
 | An exile from France - Communism - 1876 - 466 pages
...mentions an important advantage accruing to society from the use of individual liberty, saying : — " The only unfailing and permanent source of improvement...centres of improvement as there are individuals." In opposition to this, Mr. Stephen quotes from an article in Eraser's Magazine for August, 1872 ("... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Liberty - 1878 - 98 pages
...ally itself locally and temporarily with the opponents of improvement ; but the only unfailing anil permanent source of improvement is liberty, since...independent centres of improvement as there are individuals. The progressive principle, however, in either shape, whether as the love of liberty or of improvement,... | |
 | Daniel Greenleaf Thompson - Psychology - 1884 - 1102 pages
...resists such attempts, may ally itself locally and temporarily with the opponents of improvements ; but the only unfailing and permanent source of improvement...independent centres of improvement as there are individuals. The progressive principle however, in either shape, whether as the love of liberty or of improvement,... | |
 | Daniel Greenleaf Thompson - 1884 - 634 pages
...attempts, may ally itself locally an! temporarily with the opponents of improvements; but the on'y unfailing and permanent source of improvement is liberty,...independent centres of improvement as there are individuals. The progressive principle however, in either shape, whether as the love of liberty or of improvement,... | |
| |
