...activities and powers of individuals and bodies, government substitutes its own activities for them; when, instead of informing, advising, and upon occasion...fetters or bids them stand aside and does their work instead of them. The worth of a State is, in the long run, the worth of the individuals composing it.'...

...respect to conversion and plant expansion. LAND POLICY REVEEW, MAY 1942 A government cannot have too much of the kind of activity which does not impede,...and stimulates, individual exertion and development. — JOHN STUART MILL. Contents FOR JUNE 1942 vol. v NO. 6 Page Goals and Land Use AM Meyers, Jr. 3...

...In the words John Stuart Mfll used to conclude his Essay On Liberty: "A government cannot 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,...

...In the words John Stuart Mill used to conclude his Essay On Liberty: "A government cannot 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,...

...exertion and development. The mischief begins when, instead of calling forth the activity and power of individuals and bodies, it substitutes its own...and, upon occasion, denouncing, it makes them work in fetter*, or bids ihem stand uidc and does their work instead of them. The worth of a State, in the...

...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,...development. The mischief begins when, instead of calling for the activity and powers of individuals and bodies, it substitutes its own activity for theirs;...

...adding unnecessarily to its power. A Government cannot have too much of the kind of activity which docs not impede, but aids and stimulates, individual exertion...fetters, or bids them stand aside and does their work instead of them ... Source C Gladstone, writing in 1 897 to the authors of a proposed series of Essays...

...cannot assume that problems have a fixed or simple location. A government, Mill writes, 'cannot have too much of the kind of activity which does not impede,...stimulates, individual exertion and development'. Paul Hirst is right to argue that the 'core of genuine sovereignty' involves distributing power so...

...facilitate co,operation to mutual advantage by people outside the bureaucracy: 'A government cannot have too much of the kind of activity which does not impede,...and stimulates, individual exertion and development' (V.23, p. 310). But the bureaucracy should not force individuals into some pattern of co,operative...

...citizenry, issued a warning in On Liberty that has been widely overlooked by his teeming liberal fans: The mischief begins when. instead of calling forth...the activity and powers of individuals and bodies, [a government] substitutes its own activity for theirs; when, instead of informing, advising, and,...