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7. Comment on the statement 'an enlightened public opinion is the best guarantee
Of freedom and growth'.
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Answered by raghavgrover1907
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Explanation:

The term "public opinion" was derived from the French opinion publique, which was first used in 1588 by Michel de Montaigne in the second edition of his Essays. The French term also appears in the 1761 work Julie, or the New Heloise by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

The concept of public opinion came to limelight in the wake of democracy. The governmental policies gradually became the function of opinion rather than of force, and the means for the expressions of opinion like constitutionally guaranteed liberties, elections, political parties etc., were at hand, the role of public opinion in the government came to be generally recognized. The theory of public opinion is thus a derivative from democracy as a form of government.

The broad assumption on which the theory is built are:

   1. that the public is interested in government;

   2. that the public knows what it wants;

   3. that the public has the ability to express what it wants;

   4. that the public's will would be enacted into law.

An enlightened sense of being can be traced in history and impacted the American as well as the French Revolution.

The Enlightenment is commonly associated with men whose writing and thinking combined philosophy, politics, economics and science, notably John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Adam Smith, Immanuel Kant, Isaac Newton and Thomas Jefferson. Women too, though often downplayed or ignored in the textbooks and curriculum frameworks, contributed change-producing ideas and actions, including Mary Wollstonecraft, Olympe de Gouges, Mary Astell, Caroline Herschel, Emile du Chatelet, and Maria Sybilla Merian.

An enlightened public opinion is essential for freedom as :

1. It makes the citizens aware and concious about their rights.

2. It leads to political discourse and upheavel.

3. They are catalytic to the process of change.

4. The people cannot be fooled and the governments are held accountable.

5. There is an increased vigilance and an eye on the various instruments of the state so as to ensure that none of their basic rights are being violated.

6. Citizens take an active part in the society.

7. They also take initiatives to do their best and serve the nation and make a change or a lasting impact.

Thus, it is indeed true that 'an enlightened public opinion is the best guarantee Of freedom and growth'.

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