 Thus, a people may prefer a free government, but if, from indolence, or carelessness, or cowardice, or want of public spirit, they are unequal to the exertions necessary for preserving it ; if they will not fight for it when it is directly attacked ;...  Considerations on Representative Government - Стр. 6авторы: John Stuart Mill - 1861 - Страниц: 340Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1862 - Страниц: 914
...for supremacy and on the other for independence." Mr. John Stuart Mill could have taught them, that " if from indolence, or carelessness, or cowardice, or want of public spirit, a people are unequal to the exertions necessary for preserving a free government; if they will not... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1862 - Страниц: 932
...of public spirit, a people are unequal to the exertions necessary for preserving a free government ; if they will not fight for it when it is directly...deluded by the artifices used to cheat them out of it ; they are more or less unfit for liberty ;" and that " a people must be considered unfit for more... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1938 - Страниц: 756
...New Deal by John Stuart Mill, one of the greatest political philosophers of all time, when he said: "A people may prefer a free government; but if from...cowardice or want of public spirit they are unequal to the exertion necessary to preserve it; If they will not fight for it when directly attacked; if they can... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1940 - Страниц: 366
...published in I860. Businessmen are sending this circular out for us all over. It reads as follows: A people may prefer a free government ; but if, from...for it when it is directly attacked; if they can be deluged by the artifices used to cheat them out of it; if, by momentary discouragement, or temporary... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1949 - Страниц: 112
...In concluding the same speech. Senator GLASS also quoted the statement of John Stuart Mill that — A people may prefer a free government; but if from...the exertions necessary for preserving it; if they can be deluded by the artifices used to cheat them out of it; if by momentary discouragement, or temporary... | |
 | Stewart Justman - 1991 - Страниц: 206
...active principle itself, and in Considerations on Representative Government of the perishing of freedom "if, from indolence, or carelessness, or cowardice, or want of public spirit, [people] are unequal to the exertions necessary for preserving it" (CW XIX, 377). Political machinery,... | |
 | Behrman House - 1998 - Страниц: 132
...tender care. To You alone we give thanks. ,073 rvry) rn\? nvrin> VTP an -»>p?s I of f>e6 nzxiri ,rnrr A people may prefer a free government, but if, from indolence, or carelessness, or cowardice... they are unequal to the exertions necessar for preserving it; if they will not fight for it when it... | |
 | Frank Minis Johnson - 2001 - Страниц: 236
...begin to understand its very heart: supremacy of and respect for the law — whether we like it or not. A people may prefer a free government, but if, from...will not fight for it when it is directly attacked ... in all these cases they are more or less unfit for liberty; and though it may be for their good... | |
 | Devin Sper - 2004 - Страниц: 401
...Israel: "I will gather still more to those already gathered."™ (Isaiah 56:7) CHAPTER 15 Sovereignty A people may prefer a free government, but if, from indolence, or carelessness, or cowardice. . . they are unequal to the exertions necessary for preserving it; if they will not fight for it when... | |
 | Eric D. Williams - 2006 - Страниц: 418
...generations, if we willingly give them away at the first sign of crisis. As John Stuart Mill wrote, " a people may prefer a free government, but if from...not fight for it when it is directly attacked; if by momentary discouragement or temporary panic, they can be deluded by the artifices used to cheat... | |
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