On civil liberty and self-government. Volume 1 / Francis Lieber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lieber, Francis, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 355 pages)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo and Co., 1853.

Summary:

"We belong to the Anglican tribe, which carries Anglican principles and liberty over the globe, because wherever it moves liberal institutions and a common law full of manly rights and instinct with the principle of an expansive life accompany it. We belong to that race whose obvious task it is among other proud and sacred tasks, to rear and spread civil liberty over vast regions in every part of the earth, on continent and isle. We belong to that tribe which alone has the word Self-Government. These are the reasons why it is incumbent upon every American again and again to present to his mind what his own liberty is, how he must guard and maintain it, and why, if he neglect it, he resembles the missionary that should proceed to convert the world without bible or prayer-book. These are the reasons why I feel called upon to write this work in addition to what I have given long ago in another place on the subjects of Justice, Law, the State, Liberty and Eight"--Chapter. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved).

Notes:

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (Worldcat, viewed June 1, 2023).