 | Anthony Read, David Fisher - 1999 - 612 pages
...gateway to the buildings which perfectly summed up the official British view of their imperial mission: LIBERTY WILL NOT DESCEND TO A PEOPLE; A PEOPLE MUST RAISE THEMSELVES TO LIBERTY; IT IS A BLESSING WHICH MUST BE EARNED BEFORE IT CAN BE ENJOYED Hardinge had expected the new capital to be built immediately,... | |
 | Cheryl L. Sattler - 2000 - 178 pages
...saved; they only can save themselves. This is the meaning of transformation. As Emma Goldman wrote, "Liberty will not descend to a people, a people must raise themselves to liberty." There But For the Grace of God Shelter workers, whether they have been personally abused or not (and... | |
 | Stephen P. Cohen - 2004 - 408 pages
...emblazoned above the main portal of the North Block of the Central Secretariat Building in New Delhi: "Liberty will not descend to a people. A people must...blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed." 22. There had been a limited franchise before this date, but in 1935 one-sixth of the Indian people... | |
 | Peter van der Veer - 2001 - 234 pages
...the architect Lutyens's inscription in the gateway of the colonial government buildings in New Delhi: "Liberty will not descend to a People; A People must raise themselves to Liberty; It is a blessing which must be earned before it can be enjoyed." The invention of tradition in British nationalism is... | |
 | Jan Morris - 2003 - 508 pages
...This was built by the British, and despite one or two sententious symbolisms and nauseating texts - Liberty will Not Descend to a People, A People Must Raise Themselves to Liberty - it is a frank and indeed noble memorial to their own imperial Raj. It is not anomalous even now. For one thing... | |
 | Sukhminder S. Chahal - 2004 - 84 pages
...domestic and foreign policies to keep America Strong and Safe. Chapter Three Keep America Strong And Safe "Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must...blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed." Colton (1780-1832) Check List For Local Candidates - Honesty in all dealings. - Listening to people... | |
 | Stephen P. Cohen - 2004 - 504 pages
...carved the following inscription over an entrance to the Central Secretariat Building in New Delhi: "Liberty will not descend to a people. A people must...is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed."16 In sum, the Raj's approach was to adopt Persian and Mughal practices, but to denigrate... | |
 | Niall Ferguson - 2004 - 400 pages
...the Secretariat that must be the most condescending in the entire history of the Empire: LIBERTY DOES NOT DESCEND TO A PEOPLE. A PEOPLE MUST RAISE THEMSELVES...BLESSING THAT MUST BE EARNED BEFORE IT CAN BE ENJOYED. Not Curzon's words, to be sure - but in their patronizing tone, distinctly Curzonesque. The supreme... | |
 | Margaret A. Majumdar - 2007 - 344 pages
...inscription carved by Lutyens on the gateway of the Secretariats in New Delhi (quoted in Dalrymple 1993: 83): Liberty will not descend to a people; A people must raise themselves to liberty; It is a blessing which must be earned Before it can be enjoyed. The contrast between the two discourses is neatly illustrated.... | |
 | 1914 - 994 pages
...that fought at Waterloo, was I, to speak face to face with the Eagle of France. THE FLAME OF FREEDOM "Liberty will not descend to a people: a people must...it is a blessing that must be earned before it can he enjoyed."— Colton. This series of stories, based on historical fact, has, since March, 1908, depicted... | |
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Liberty will not descend to a people, a people must raise themselves to liberty ; It is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed. 
