...localities, would be equally valuable in all departments of administration. A government cannot have too much of the kind of activity which does not impede,...fetters, or bids them stand aside and does their work instead of them. The worth of a State, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it...

...bear on this part of the subject: (J. Stuart Mill on Liberty, p. 206.) " A government cannot have too much of the kind of activity which does not impede,...theirs ; when instead of informing, advising, and upon occasions denouncing, it makes them work in fetters, or bids them stand aside, and does their work...

...localities, would be equally^ valuable in all departments of administration. |A government cannot have too much of the kind of activity which does not impede,...activity and powers of individuals and bodies, it- snV><.-^t-iit<»s its own activitv for theirsc whe". instead of informing, advising, and, upon occasion,...

...seriously lay to heart : — " Mischief begins (in governing) when, instead of calling forth the activities and powers of individuals and bodies, -it substitutes...fetters, or bids them stand aside, and does their work instead of them. The worth of a state (or an army), in the long run, is the worth of the individuals...

...localities, would be equally valuable in all departments of administration. A government cannot have too much of the kind of activity which does,/ not impede,...individual" exertion and development. The mischief be,j gins when, instead of calling forth the activity and powers of individuals and bodies, it subj....

...essay closes with the following practical summary of its teachings : "A government can not have too much of the kind of activity which does not impede,...fetters, or bids them stand aside, and does their work instead of them. The worth of the state, in the long run, is the wonh of the individuals composing...

...essay closes with the following practical summary of its teachings : "A government can not have too much of the kind of activity which does not impede,...begins when, instead of calling forth the activity and power? of individuals and bodies, it substitutes its own activity for theirs ; when, instead of informing,...

...exercise over the administrators of the poorrate throughout the country." " A government cannot have too much of the kind of activity which does not impede,...fetters, or bids them stand aside and does their work instead of them." PART III. MEDICAL MISCELLANY. Reports, Retrospects, and Scientific Intelligence....

...vengeance and not to safety! LIBERTY IN GOVERNMENT. . JOHN STUART MILL. A GOVERNMENT cannot have too much of the kind of activity which does not impede,...fetters, or bids them stand aside and does their work for them. The worth of a state, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it ; and...

...made in his great work on " Liberty." Referring to the abuse of the powers of government, he says : " The mischief begins when, instead of calling forth...bodies, it substitutes its own activity : for theirs." So much for the authorities. 4. Departure from these sound principles has worked the greatest mischief...