The Rationale of Political RepresentationR. Hunter, 1835 - 436 sider |
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Side 64
... conditions under which it is to be exercised , must be subjected to the same criterion . Could it be shown that irresponsible power , lodged in the hands of a single individual , is pro- ductive of greater good to the community than any ...
... conditions under which it is to be exercised , must be subjected to the same criterion . Could it be shown that irresponsible power , lodged in the hands of a single individual , is pro- ductive of greater good to the community than any ...
Side 75
... conditions of wealth and civilization , when property and knowledge are very unequally distributed , it is possible for a mino- rity in a nation to have such power , through the instrumentality of their possessions , as to be able to ...
... conditions of wealth and civilization , when property and knowledge are very unequally distributed , it is possible for a mino- rity in a nation to have such power , through the instrumentality of their possessions , as to be able to ...
Side 115
... barbarous tribes of Africa we find it possessed in a remarkable degree , in a condition of society debased by the most childish and revolting superstitions . How little , indeed , the I 2 THE REPRESENTATIVE BODY . 115.
... barbarous tribes of Africa we find it possessed in a remarkable degree , in a condition of society debased by the most childish and revolting superstitions . How little , indeed , the I 2 THE REPRESENTATIVE BODY . 115.
Side 125
... condition that their deli- berations should have no influence on the deter- mination of the measures discussed . If you , the constituents , will not trust the business of exami- nation to the supreme assembly , do it avowedly ...
... condition that their deli- berations should have no influence on the deter- mination of the measures discussed . If you , the constituents , will not trust the business of exami- nation to the supreme assembly , do it avowedly ...
Side 171
... condition ; and if they are compe- tent to choose at all , it seems needless to attempt to direct their choice , in any respect , by law . There appears ( it may be urged ) an inconsistency THE REPRESENTATIVE BODY . 171.
... condition ; and if they are compe- tent to choose at all , it seems needless to attempt to direct their choice , in any respect , by law . There appears ( it may be urged ) an inconsistency THE REPRESENTATIVE BODY . 171.
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Side 360 - I know also that laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths disclosed, and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times.
Side 410 - The pretended rights of these theorists are all extremes : and in proportion as they are metaphysically true, they are morally and politically false. The rights of men are in a sort of middle, incapable of definition, but not impossible to be discerned. The rights of men in governments are their advantages ; and these are often in balances between differences of good; in compromises sometimes between good and evil, and sometimes between evil and evil.
Side 355 - Surely every medicine is an innovation, and he that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator ; and if time of course alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end...
Side 356 - All this is true, if time stood still : which contrariwise moveth so round that a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation ; and they that reverence too much old times, are but a scorn to =5 the new.
Side 59 - How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Side 407 - Far am I from denying in theory ; full as far is my heart from withholding in practice, (if I were of power to give or, to withhold,) the real rights of men. In denying their false claims of right, I do not mean to injure those which are real, and are such as their pretended rights would totally destroy. 1f civil society be made for the advantage of man, all the advantages for which it is made become his right.
Side 349 - I was much acquainted with the leading patriots of the Assembly. Being from a country which had successfully passed through a similar reformation, they were disposed to my acquaintance, and had some confidence in me. I urged, most strenuously, an immediate compromise ; to secure what the government was now ready to yield, and trust to future occasions for what might still be wanting.
Side 412 - Sir, I think you must perceive that I am resolved this day to have nothing at all to do with the question of the right of taxation. Some gentlemen startle — but it is true ; I put it totally out of the question. It is less than nothing in my consideration.
Side 137 - ... of its tide. I am sorry I cannot conclude without saying a word on a topic touched upon by my worthy colleague. I wish that topic had been passed by at a time when I have so little leisure to discuss it. But since he has thought proper to throw it out, I owe you a clear explanation of my poor sentiments on that subject. 5 He tells you that " the topic of instructions has occasioned much altercation and uneasiness in this city"; and he expresses himself (if I understand him rightly) in favour...
Side 410 - These metaphysic rights entering into common life, like rays of light which pierce into a dense medium, are, by the laws of nature, refracted from their straight line.