James Anthony Froude Quote

Quote from James Anthony Froude,

"English character and English freedom depend comparatively little on the form
which the Constitution assumes at Westminster. A centralised democracy may
be as tyrannical as an absolute monarch; and if the vigour of the nation is
to continue unimpaired, each individual, each family, each district, must
preserve as far as possible its independence, its self-completeness, its
powers and its privilege to manage its own affairs and think its own thoughts."

By:	James Anthony Froude (more quotes by James Anthony Froude or books by/about James Anthony Froude)
	(1818-1894) British author and historian
Source:	Short Studies on Great Subjects, 1872
Categories:	Character, Constitution, Democracy, Family, Free Thought, Freedom, Independence, Individual Rights, Liberty, Responsibility, Sovereignty, Spirituality, Truth
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