... not harm them, even though they should think our conduct foolish, perverse, or wrong. Thirdly, from this liberty of each individual follows the liberty, within the same limits, of combination among individuals ; freedom to unite for any purpose not... On Liberty - Page 28by John Stuart Mill - 1863 - 223 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1859 - 748 pages
...among individuals, freedom to unite for any purpose not involving harm to others, the persons combining being supposed to be of full age, and not forced or deceived.' Law and custom have so encroached on this domain in our own country, that he considers — • Already... | |
| John Stuart Mill - Political Science - 1863 - 232 pages
...to be of full age, and i not forced or deceived. *Nyf~ No society in which these liberties are hot, on the whole, respected, is free, whatever may be...which they do not exist absolute and unqualified. \£he only freedom which 2g / deserves the name, is that of pursuing onr own^/ , ] so long as we do... | |
| Great Britain - 1864 - 974 pages
...number, is self-protection." " Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign." " The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own war, во long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain... | |
| Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1873 - 752 pages
...individuals ; freedom to unite for any purpose not involving harm to others ; the persons combining being supposed to be of full age, and not forced or...deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in onr own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain... | |
| John Henry Newman - Allegiance - 1875 - 250 pages
...itself, and resting in great part on the same reasons, is practically inseparable from it, &c., &c. . . . No society in which these liberties are not on the whole respected, is free, whatever maybe its form of government," (On Liberty, Introd^) Of course he does not allow of a freedom to har;Ti... | |
| John Henry Newman - 1876 - 414 pages
...itself, and resting in great part on the same reasons, is practically inseparable from it, &c. &c. . . . No society in which these liberties are not on the...is free, whatever may be its form of government.'" (On Liberty, Introd.) Of course he does not allow of a freedom to harm others, though we have to consider... | |
| Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Sophia M'Ilvaine Bledsoe Herrick - American essays - 1867 - 538 pages
...abstract right, in fact, that he feels it beginning to crumble under his feet. Having said, that ' the only freedom which deserves the name, is that of pursuing our own good in our own way,' &c.; and that ' each is the proper guardian of his own health, whether bodily, or mental and spiritual,'... | |
| Mormons - 1884 - 506 pages
...individuals; freedom to unite, for any purpose not involving harm to others. The persons combining being supposed to be of full age, and not forced or deceived. No society in which the liberties are not, on the whole, respected, is free, whatever its form of government; and none... | |
| Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1891 - 786 pages
...civil liberty which are recognized in free governments. Any change in the general law of the State may the whole, respected, is free, whatever may be its form of government ; and none is completely free iu which they do not exist absolute and unqualified. The only freedom which deserves the name is that... | |
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