" WHEN LIBERTY BECOMES LICENCE, DICTATORSHIP IS NEAR " is a quotation which tells us the misuse of liberty in democracy . In thi...
"WHEN LIBERTY BECOMES LICENCE, DICTATORSHIP IS NEAR" is a quotation which tells us the misuse of liberty in democracy. In this Essay, We will learn that how the Excessive liberty for one class of society deprivates of liberty for other classes because liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty.
ESSAY ON WHEN LIBERTY BECOMES LICENCE, DICTATORSHIP IS NEAR
The quotation warns
us against the misuse of democratic freedom. Freedom must not be allowed to
degenerate into licence, for such degeneration ultimately leads to the loss of
all freedom and the establishment of Dictatorship. In the pre-emergency days
there was a spurt of violent agitations, strikes and lock-outs. Late Shri Jai
Prakash Narain even called upon the police and the armed forces to revolt.
Liberty completely degenerated into Licence, with the result that late Indira Gandhi was compelled to impose emergency. Democracy was thus derailed and
replaced by near dictatorship. Hence the writer warns us not to misuse our freedom
in our own interest.
Excessive liberty
for one class of society means deprivation of liberty for other classes. This
leads to conflict, and dictatorship is often the results. The French Revolution
occurred because the aristocracy enjoyed uncurtailed liberty, which imposed
untoled hardships on other classes. Besides, liberty is essentially a product
of rules; excessive liberty on the other hand implies an abandonment of rules.
This leads to chaos, and chaos leads almost inevitably to dictatorship or totalitarian
form of government.
Almost all the
revolutions the world has seen have been preceded by periods of utter licence
and abandonment. However, when excessive liberty is one sphere of activity is
compensated for by restraint and sobriety in others, it may not lead to
dictatorship. During the Italian Renaissance, there was complete liberty in the
art and sciences, but not in the economic or religious sphere. Consequently,
there was neither hardship for any class, nor dictatorship.
Emergence
of dictatorship in a number of countries of the world is the direct result of
the misuse of liberty. Till recently, there was dictatorship in Pakistan for
this very reason and military coups are the order of the day in most African
countries. All this shows that the people must understand the meaning of
liberty and the limits within which it can be enjoyed. Under no circumstances
should they take the law in their own hands. If they do so, they may be sure
that dictatorship is at hand.
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