The Meaning of DemocracyMacmillan Company, 1941 - 413 sider |
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Side 39
... possible that respected the individual , that took its powers from the individual without dependence upon hereditary monarchs or military chiefs . Even in Athens , however , the freemen were greatly outnum- bered by the slaves . It was ...
... possible that respected the individual , that took its powers from the individual without dependence upon hereditary monarchs or military chiefs . Even in Athens , however , the freemen were greatly outnum- bered by the slaves . It was ...
Side 48
... possible means to hold their people in line . This makes life unpleasant . If a person has any spirit he will not submit . He will say , " Give me Liberty or give me the concentration camp , " and there are many such men and 48 Away ...
... possible means to hold their people in line . This makes life unpleasant . If a person has any spirit he will not submit . He will say , " Give me Liberty or give me the concentration camp , " and there are many such men and 48 Away ...
Side 70
... possible and that knowl- edge may rule and improve the world is not strange to the American . We all believe it today . But when Bacon wrote The New Atlantis in about 1624 , however much men may have wanted to improve their condi- tion ...
... possible and that knowl- edge may rule and improve the world is not strange to the American . We all believe it today . But when Bacon wrote The New Atlantis in about 1624 , however much men may have wanted to improve their condi- tion ...
Side 77
... possible in a big country , but is suitable only for small territories and cities . It rests upon the principle that that which concerns the peo- ple should be decided by the people . Athens was suc- cessful because , despite the fact ...
... possible in a big country , but is suitable only for small territories and cities . It rests upon the principle that that which concerns the peo- ple should be decided by the people . Athens was suc- cessful because , despite the fact ...
Side 94
... possible , they would not have set it up this way . IT WAS THE PLAN OF GOVERNMENT THAT WOULD BE AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE UNDER A GOOD MAN AND AT THE SAME TIME WOULD NOT BE TOO BAD UNDER A BAD MAN . However , it should be pointed out ...
... possible , they would not have set it up this way . IT WAS THE PLAN OF GOVERNMENT THAT WOULD BE AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE UNDER A GOOD MAN AND AT THE SAME TIME WOULD NOT BE TOO BAD UNDER A BAD MAN . However , it should be pointed out ...
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Side 412 - Section 4 The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them...
Side 349 - The state of Nature has a law of Nature to govern it, which obliges every one, and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions...
Side 366 - That government is, or ought to be instituted for the common benefit, protection and security of the people, nation or community : of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety, and is most effectually secured against the danger of mal-administration ; and...
Side 64 - And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
Side 411 - President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly...
Side 354 - labour" of his body, and the "work" of his hands, we may say, are properly his. Whatsoever then he removes out of the state that Nature hath provided, and left it in, he hath mixed his Labour with it, and joined to it something that is his own, and thereby makes it his property.
Side 141 - Still one thing more, fellow-citizens, a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.
Side 349 - ... for men being all the workmanship of one omnipotent and infinitely wise Maker; all the servants of one sovereign Master, sent into the world by His order and about His business; they are His property, whose workmanship they are made to last during His, not one another's pleasure.
Side 98 - Cambridge, public schools, and grammar schools in the towns; to encourage private societies and public institutions, rewards and immunities, for the promotion of agriculture, arts, sciences, commerce, trades, manufactures, and a natural history of the country...
Side 366 - That no man, or set of men, are entitled to exclusive or separate emoluments or privileges from the community, but in consideration of public services ; which not being descendible, neither ought the offices of magistrate, legislator, or judge, to be hereditary.