The First Duty of the Citizen
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Excerpt from The First Duty of the Citizen: The Grandeur of the Struggle and Its Responsibilities If free institutions confer advantages, they also entail responsibilities. The bourgeois of Paris can devote himself exclusively to his private business or pleasure, for all his interests are under the control of a strongly centralized government, to which he looks for the regulation of the minutest concerns of his political existence; and he knows that a change in the administration of public affairs is only to be accomplished by barricades and bayonets. The Austrian subject, under the paternal despotism of the Hapsburgs, pays his taxes, performs hi:i allotted term of military duty, and then can give his undivided energies to securing the bodily or mental necessities of existence. We, who boast that our mission is to demonstrate the capacity of man for self-government, have a larger and a nobler sphere of action. Have we fully understood the nature of the task which we have undertaken, and are we properly discharging the duties connected with it? "The price of liberty is eternal vigilance." The saying has become so trite as to have lost its significance to the ear, yet it is none the less a truth of the deepest import. In a republic, no man, however engrossing may be his business, and however ardent his pursuit of gain or pleasure, can afford to neglect the duty of active participation in public affairs. We have proved ourselves recreant to the trusts confided to us, and the result is to be seen around us. For years the intelligent, the educated, the disinterested portion of the community has been withdrawing itself more and more completely from the details and management of politics. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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