We can either have a free Parliament or a free people. Personal freedom requires that all authority is restrained by long-run principles which the opinion of the people approves.
Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Personal freedom requires authority to be constrained by long-term principles approved by the people, suggesting a choice between free parliament and free people.
- In plain terms
- Freedom needs strong rules that everyone agrees on, or else we lose it.
- What can you take from it?
- Personal freedom depends on authority restrained by approved principles.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do we limit authority?
- Is freedom possible without principles?
Another view
Parliamentary freedom might not necessarily oppose personal freedom.
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