AN OVERWORKED SLOGAN.
“The most over-worked slogan at present is ‘ liberty.’ Let us stop a moment to see what that words means. Obviously it means absence of restraint. It is, therefore, a negative, abstract term. Lt is so abstract that, unless qualified, it means nothing. At a given time and place such a qualification is often added by implication. To most of the early Puritans liberty means freedom to worship God according to their consciences. To some of th eir descendants it means freedom to buy a cocktail. In fact, there may he as many different kinds of liberty as there are possible restraints to bo negatived.”—Mr Henry W. Farman, in the “ Yale Review,” in an article entitled “ Law, Liberty and Progress.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 July 1926, Page 1
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122AN OVERWORKED SLOGAN. Hokitika Guardian, 23 July 1926, Page 1
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