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# Liberty Abroad - Part 2. JS Mill on empire
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/liberty-abroad-part-2-js-mill-on-empire/
- Published: 2013-10-17T08:10:50.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-23T01:32:57.000Z
- Description: JS Mill, liberalism's intellectual giant, justified despotism in India, thought Britain should be a beacon of liberty like Athens (because of its navy) and that it is impossible for a democracy to rule another country well. Listen to Dr Georgios Varouxakis on his latest book, Liberty Abroad
- Author: Tony Curzon Price
- Tags: Cultural politics, #Migrated, India & South Asia, Politics & activism, culture, Democracy and government, ideas, Tedworth, International politics, india/pakistan, #en, #Import 2026-04-09 17:36, #appended-excerpt

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JS Mill, liberalism's intellectual giant, justified despotism in India, thought Britain should be a beacon of liberty like Athens (because of its navy) and that it is impossible for a democracy to rule another country well. Listen to Dr Georgios Varouxakis on his latest book, [Liberty Abroad](http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/history/history-ideas-and-intellectual-history/liberty-abroad-j-s-mill-international-relations?ref=opendemocracy.net)