...their turn, submit to a power superior to their individual will. ' Liberty,' says Mr. Mill himself, ' has no application to any state of things anterior...capable of being improved by free and equal discussion.' A sound public sentiment can arise only out of full and unfettered exchange of opinion, and we hail...

...society in which the race itself may be considered as in its ' nonage' (p. 23). Liberty," he says, " as a principle, has no application to any state of...capable of being improved by free and equal discussion. When the wisdom of the governors is far in advance of the wisdom of the governed, and the means do...

...of ! government in dealing with barbarians, pro- f I vided the end be their improvement, and the i means justified by actually effecting that end. liberty,...principle, has. no application to any state of things anterio\ia the time when '< mankind have become cap|ta{y of being improved by free and equal di^sCussionTJ...

...says Mr. John Stuart Mill, 'is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians, provided the end be their improvement, and the means justified...no application to any state of things anterior to :he time when mankind have become capable of leing improved by free and equal discussion. Until then...

...category of disqualification. These last are best managed by despotism. Liberty becomes a right only when ' mankind have become capable of ' being improved by free and equal discussion.' Until then an Akbar, or a Charlemagne, is the fittest ruler. Now, there can be no reasonable objection to the...

...faculties. And that* " despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians, provided the end be their improvement, and the means justified by actually effecting that end." Again, we are toldf that " complete liberty of contradicting and disproving our opinion is the very...

...contained in the passages quoted above. It fixes the limit up to which compulsion is justifiable at the ' time when mankind have become capable of being improved by free and equal discussion.' This expression may imply that compulsion is always or never justifiable, according to the manner in...

...state of society — to apply only to human beings in the maturity of their faculties: only practical when mankind have become capable of being improved by free and equal discussion. Nevertheless the general principle is so far true, that it should be the aim of Government and society...

...in which the race itself may be considered as in its nonage." " Liberty, as a principle," he says, " has no application to any state of things anterior...capable of being improved by free and equal discussion." (p. 6.) I am not concerned to insist upon the difficulty of reconciling these exceptions with the general...

...product of a very 1 advanced civilisation, and is rare even in the most advanced societies. Mill says, "Liberty as a principle has no application to any...capable of being improved by free and equal discussion." If we take this strictly, it limits the concession of liberty much more than most people would care...