Social Progress An Essay
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But the foundation principle under which he claims and is allowed to claim authority is wrong. Under other circumstances and with a different people the consti- tutional monarch becomes the dictator, in whom is the sole law and from whom proceeds all rightful autho- rity. Political power exercised as a vested right is altogether dangerous to the security of individual rights and to social liberty.
44 THE CONDITIONS OF SOCIAL PROGRESS.
Therefore, although power thus exercised may in fact be so b...alanced by acknowledged responsibility to law as to be comparatively harmless, complete safety can only be found in the recognition of the principle that political power is but a delegation, a permission ; or better, a trust, bestowed upon indi- viduals solely for the interests of the general freedom.
Then the ruler is not a sovereign but a public servant, and can be held more strictly accountable for his deeds and misdeeds. Breach of public trust, then, is a crime to be punished with more severity than abuse of private trust ; and he who obtains office is made to feel that his tenure depends upon his fidelity to the duties imposed upon him.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
But the foundation principle under which he claims and is allowed to claim authority is wrong. Under other circumstances and with a different people the consti- tutional monarch becomes the dictator, in whom is the sole law and from whom proceeds all rightful autho- rity. Political power exercised as a vested right is altogether dangerous to the security of individual rights and to social liberty.
44 THE CONDITIONS OF SOCIAL PROGRESS.
Therefore, although power thus exercised may in fact be so b...alanced by acknowledged responsibility to law as to be comparatively harmless, complete safety can only be found in the recognition of the principle that political power is but a delegation, a permission ; or better, a trust, bestowed upon indi- viduals solely for the interests of the general freedom.
Then the ruler is not a sovereign but a public servant, and can be held more strictly accountable for his deeds and misdeeds. Breach of public trust, then, is a crime to be punished with more severity than abuse of private trust ; and he who obtains office is made to feel that his tenure depends upon his fidelity to the duties imposed upon him.
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