T. H. Green Quotes
Thomas Hill Green was an English philosopher, social reformer, and tutor at Balliol College, Oxford, who shaped a generation of British political and ethical thinking. Drawing on Kant and Hegel, he articulated a vision of positive freedom in which liberty consists not merely in the absence of constraint but in the cultivation of the moral capacities of the self in community with others. The quotes below are attributed to T. H. Green, organized by topic.
T. H. Green on Freedom
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Attributed to T. H. Green:
“Liberty is positive: it is the power to do what one ought to do.”
T. H. Green on Politics
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Attributed to T. H. Green:
“Will, not force, is the basis of the state.”
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Attributed to T. H. Green:
“All political power must serve the moral development of citizens.”
T. H. Green on Virtue
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Attributed to T. H. Green:
“The good is the realization of the moral capacities of the self.”
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Attributed to T. H. Green:
“Self-realization is achieved only in society.”