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Comment: “The worth of a State …… is the worth of individuals composing it.” (J. S. Mill)

  • UPSC 2011, 1996, 1995
  • Western Political Thought

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The line closes chapter V ("Applications") of John Stuart Mill's On Liberty (1859). In full it reads: the worth of a State, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it. A state that dwarfs its men, in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands even for beneficial…

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