 | England - 1848 - 788 pages
...of the people— that is, of a majority— are quite as ready (when they think they can count upon popular support) as any organs of oligarchy to assume...as laws binding upon individuals ; and our present civilisation tends so strongly to make the power of persons acting in masses the only substantial power... | |
 | Scotland - 1848 - 798 pages
...of the people — that is, of a majority— are quite as ready (when they think they can count upon popular support) as any organs of oligarchy to assume...as laws binding upon individuals ; and our present civilisation tends so strongly to make the power of persons acting in masses the only substantial power... | |
 | England - 1848 - 802 pages
...of the people— that is, of a majority— are quite as ready (when they think they can count upon popular support) as any organs of oligarchy to assume...its interests, but its abstract opinions, and even it» tastes, as laws binding upon individuals : and our present civilisation tends so strongly to make... | |
 | English literature - 1848 - 594 pages
...support) as any organs of oligarchy to assume 'arbitrary power, and encroach unduly on the liberties of private '• life. The public collectively is abundantly...as laws binding upon individuals. 'And our present civilisation tends so strongly to make the ' power of persons acting in masses the only substantial... | |
 | 1848 - 662 pages
...that the depositaries ' of power, who are mere delegates of the people, that is, of a ' majority, are quite as ready (when they think they can count ' on...assume ' arbitrary power, and encroach unduly on the liberties of private ' life. The public collectively is abundantly ready to impose, not ' only its... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1857 - 610 pages
...Post Office, if its monopoly were abolished, and it atill paid its own expenses, would be another. they can count on popular support) as any organs of...its tastes, as laws binding upon individuals. And the present civilization tends so strongly to make the power of persons acting in masses the only substantial... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1862 - 628 pages
...Office, if its monopoly were abolished, and it still paid it* expenses, would be another. they con count on popular support) as any organs of oligarchy,...life. The public collectively is abundantly ready t<i impose, not only its generally narrow views of its interests, but its abstract opinions, and even... | |
 | Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart - Humanities - 1873 - 594 pages
...proves that the depositories of power, who are mere delegates of the people, that is of a majority, are quite as ready (when they think they can count on...assume arbitrary power, and encroach unduly on the liberties of private life. The public collectively is abundantly ready to impose, not only its generally... | |
 | Sir George Cornewall Lewis - Authority - 1875 - 342 pages
...the depositaries of power, who are mere delegates of the people — that is, of a majority — are quite as ready (when they think they can count on popular support) as any Compare, also, the anecdote of Antigenidas, a musician, ib. 2, •who, when a promising disciple of... | |
 | Robert Joseph Wright - Communism - 1876 - 564 pages
...proves that the depositaries of power, who are mere delegates of the people, that is, of a majority, are quite as ready (when they think they can count on...its tastes, as laws binding upon Individuals. And the present civilization tends so strongly to make the power of persons acting in masses, the only... | |
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Experience, however, proves that the depositaries of power who are mere delegates of the people, that is of a majority, are quite as ready (when they think they can count on popular support) as any organs of oligarchy, to assume arbitrary power, and encroach... 
