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> [You will not make a man wiser by taking freedom of action from him. A man can only learn when he is free to act.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auberon-herbert/you-will-not-make-a-man-wiser-by-taking-freedom-of-action-from-him-a/)

[Auberon Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auberon-herbert/)

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## More by Auberon Herbert

> [If we cannot by reason, by influence, by example, by strenuous effort, and by personal sacrifice, mend the bad places of civilization, we certainly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auberon-herbert/if-we-cannot-by-reason-by-influence-by-example-by-strenuous-effort/)

[Auberon Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auberon-herbert/)

> [If government half a century ago had provided us with all our dinners and breakfasts, it would be the practice of our orators today…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auberon-herbert/if-government-half-a-century-ago-had-provided-us-with-all-our-dinners/)

[Auberon Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auberon-herbert/)

> [And what sort of philosophical doctrine is thi - that numbers confer unlimited rights, that they take from some persons all rights over themselves,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auberon-herbert/and-what-sort-of-philosophical-doctrine-is-thi-that-numbers-confer/)

[Auberon Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auberon-herbert/)

> [We hold that what one man cannot morally do, a million men cannot morally do, and government, representing many millions of men, cannot do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auberon-herbert/we-hold-that-what-one-man-cannot-morally-do-a-million-men-cannot/)

[Auberon Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auberon-herbert/)

> [“By what right do men exercise power over each other?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auberon-herbert/by-what-right-do-men-exercise-power-over-each-other/)

[Auberon Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auberon-herbert/)

> [The career of a politician mainly consists in making one part of the nation do what it does not want to do, in order…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auberon-herbert/the-career-of-a-politician-mainly-consists-in-making-one-part-of-the/)

[Auberon Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auberon-herbert/)

> [If you tie a man's hands there is nothing moral about his not committing murder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auberon-herbert/if-you-tie-a-man-s-hands-there-is-nothing-moral-about-his-not/)

[Auberon Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auberon-herbert/)

> [Deny human rights, and however little you may wish to do so, you will find yourself abjectly kneeling at the feet of that old-world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auberon-herbert/deny-human-rights-and-however-little-you-may-wish-to-do-so-you-will/)

[Auberon Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auberon-herbert/)

> [How, then, can the rights of three men exceed the rights of two men? In what possible way can the rights of three men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auberon-herbert/how-then-can-the-rights-of-three-men-exceed-the-rights-of-two-men-in/)

[Auberon Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auberon-herbert/)

> [The ruling idea of the politician - stated rather bluntly - is that those who are opposed to him exist for the purpose of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auberon-herbert/the-ruling-idea-of-the-politician-stated-rather-bluntly-is-that-those/)

[Auberon Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auberon-herbert/)

> [Every tax or rate, forcibly taken from an unwilling person, is immoral and oppressive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auberon-herbert/every-tax-or-rate-forcibly-taken-from-an-unwilling-person-is-immoral/)

[Auberon Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auberon-herbert/)

> [You will not make a man wiser by taking freedom of action from him. A man can only learn when he is free to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auberon-herbert/you-will-not-make-a-man-wiser-by-taking-freedom-of-action-from-him-a/)

[Auberon Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auberon-herbert/)

> [The course that will restore to the workmen a father's duties and responsibilities, between which and themselves the state has now stepped, is for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auberon-herbert/the-course-that-will-restore-to-the-workmen-a-father-s-duties-and/)

[Auberon Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auberon-herbert/)

> [It is the small owner who offers the only really profitable and reliable material for taxation. He is made for taxation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auberon-herbert/it-is-the-small-owner-who-offers-the-only-really-profitable-and/)

[Auberon Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auberon-herbert/)

> [There never yet has been a great system sustained by force under which all the best faculties of men have not slowly withered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auberon-herbert/there-never-yet-has-been-a-great-system-sustained-by-force-under/)

[Auberon Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auberon-herbert/)

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