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Auberon Herbert quotes

English Writer June 18, 1838 – November 5, 1906

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There never yet has been a great system sustained by force under which all the best faculties of men have not slowly withered. Auberon Herbert
Farther the government must not go. It must not attempt any service of any kind for the people, from the mere mechanism of carrying their letters to that most arrogant and ill-conceived of universal schemes, the education of their children. Auberon Herbert
Auberon Herbert quote: "I venture to prophesy that there lies before us a bitter and..."
I venture to prophesy that there lies before us a bitter and an evil time. Auberon Herbert
The course that will restore to the workmen a father's duties and responsibilities, between which and themselves the state has now stepped, is for them to reject all forced contributions from others, and to do their own work through their own voluntary combinations. Auberon Herbert
Deny human rights, and however little you may wish to do so, you will find yourself abjectly kneeling at the feet of that old-world god, Force. Auberon Herbert
Auberon Herbert quote: "You will not make a man wiser by taking freedom of action from..."
You will not make a man wiser by taking freedom of action from him. A man can only learn when he is free to act. Auberon Herbert
The ruling idea of the politician - stated rather bluntly - is that those who are opposed to him exist for the purpose of being made to serve his ends, if he can get power enough in his hands to force these ends upon them. Auberon Herbert
Auberon Herbert quote: "By what right do men exercise power over each other?"
By what right do men exercise power over each other? Auberon Herbert
If we cannot by reason, by influence, by example, by strenuous effort, and by personal sacrifice, mend the bad places of civilization, we certainly cannot do it by force. Auberon Herbert
And what sort of philosophical doctrine is thi - that numbers confer unlimited rights, that they take from some persons all rights over themselves, and vest these rights in others. Auberon Herbert
Auberon Herbert quote: "Every tax or rate, forcibly taken from an unwilling person, is..."
Every tax or rate, forcibly taken from an unwilling person, is immoral and oppressive. Auberon Herbert
We hold that what one man cannot morally do, a million men cannot morally do, and government, representing many millions of men, cannot do. Auberon Herbert
How, then, can the rights of three men exceed the rights of two men? In what possible way can the rights of three men absorb the rights of two men, and make them as if they had never existed. Auberon Herbert
If government half a century ago had provided us with all our dinners and breakfasts, it would be the practice of our orators today to assume the impossibility of our providing for ourselves. Auberon Herbert
How can an act done under compulsion have any moral element in it, seeing that what is moral is the free act of an intelligent being? Auberon Herbert

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