Concept
Freedom of assembly
Overview
right to form social or political groups and hold meetings
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Possible passages
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The power, however, of fixing their own quorum has been avowed, and a precedent set. From forty it may be reduced to four, and from four to one; from a house to a committee, from a committee to a chairman or speaker, and thus an oligarchy or monarchy be substituted under forms supposed to be regular.
Thomas Jefferson, The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 8
Close in meaning to Freedom of assembly; the term itself is not named.
(2) All matters shall be decided, in each House, by a majority of those present, except as elsewhere provided in the Constitution, and in case of a tie, the presiding officer shall decide the issue. Article 57. Deliberation in each House shall be public. However, a secret meeting may be held where a majority of two-thirds or more of those members present passes a resolution therefor. (2) Each House shall keep a…
Japan, The Constitution of Japan, 1946
Close in meaning to Freedom of assembly; the term itself is not named.
Administration by the assembled people is a relic of barbarism opposed to the whole spirit of modern life; yet so much has the course of English institutions depended on accident, that this primitive mode of local government remained the general rule in parochial matters up to the present generation; and, having never been legally abolished, probably subsists unaltered in many rural parishes even now. There remains…
John Stuart Mill, Considerations on Representative Government
Close in meaning to Freedom of assembly; the term itself is not named.
Philosophers who discussed Freedom of assembly
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- Constitution of the United States
- First Amendment to the United States Constitution
- United Nations
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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Place in the tradition
Part of Liberalism.