Liberalism Quotes Flashcards
Who said “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely”
Lord Acton
Who said “The tyranny of the majority”
Alex de Tocqueville
Who said the individual is “the proprietor of his own person or capacities, owing nothing to society for them”
MacPherson
Who said “If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind”
John Stuart Mill
Who said “The greatest happiness for the greatest number”
Bentham
Who said “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interests”
Adam Smith
Who said “Heaven helps those who help themselves”
Samuel Smiles
Who said “The drunkard in the gutter is just where he ought to be”
Sumner
Who said “Look not to parliament, but to only yourselves”
Cobden
Who said “I detest what you say but I defend to the death your right to say it”
Voltaire
