Corruption in American Politics and LifeDodd, Mead, 1910 - 309 sider |
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Side ix
... various pleasant occasions which they afforded him of presenting his views in papers read before these bodies . While there was some smoke and at times a little heat in the resulting discussions , there were also many flashes of ...
... various pleasant occasions which they afforded him of presenting his views in papers read before these bodies . While there was some smoke and at times a little heat in the resulting discussions , there were also many flashes of ...
Side xii
... Various degrees of clearness of political duties Consequences of wide extension of political duties Recognition of political duty Legal and other standards The radical view . Advantages sought by corrupt action PAGE 46 46 48 51 52 • 55 ...
... Various degrees of clearness of political duties Consequences of wide extension of political duties Recognition of political duty Legal and other standards The radical view . Advantages sought by corrupt action PAGE 46 46 48 51 52 • 55 ...
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... various sources as constituting the principal , if not the entire equipment of the advocatus diaboli to this end . These are , first , that political corrup- tion makes business good ; second , that it may be more than compensated for ...
... various sources as constituting the principal , if not the entire equipment of the advocatus diaboli to this end . These are , first , that political corrup- tion makes business good ; second , that it may be more than compensated for ...
Side 11
... proper method of dealing with public franchises and privileges of various sorts . Under good government these concessions may not be 66 " " attainable at all , or , if so , only I I Apologies for Political Corruption.
... proper method of dealing with public franchises and privileges of various sorts . Under good government these concessions may not be 66 " " attainable at all , or , if so , only I I Apologies for Political Corruption.
Side 22
... various details of the argu- ment . A similar sweeping defence might be set up for any conceivable abuse or evil - for tyranny as well as for corruption , for immorality or for crime . In all such cases , however , it would be necessary ...
... various details of the argu- ment . A similar sweeping defence might be set up for any conceivable abuse or evil - for tyranny as well as for corruption , for immorality or for crime . In all such cases , however , it would be necessary ...
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Side 123 - Correspondingly, he advances the honor of his profession and the best interests of his client when he renders service or gives advice tending to impress upon the client and his undertaking exact compliance with the strictest principles of moral law.
Side 213 - Party is a body of men united, for promoting, by their joint endeavours, the national interest, upon some particular principle, in which they are all agreed.
Side 221 - The need for collecting large campaign funds would vanish if Congress provided an appropriation for the proper and legitimate expenses of each of the great national parties, an appropriation ample enough to meet the necessity for thorough organization and machinery, which requires a large expenditure of money.
Side 125 - I know it; and what foolery to be toasting an "independent press." We are tools, and the vassals of rich men behind the scenes. We are jumping jacks. They pull the strings and we dance. Our time, our talents, our lives, our possibilities, all are the property of other men. We are intellectual prostitutes.— John Swinton.
Side 232 - If I am elected President I shall urge upon Congress, with every hope of success, that a law be passed requiring a filing in a federal office of a statement of the contributions received by committees and candidates in elections for members of Congress, and in such other elections as are constitutionally within the control of Congress.
Side 120 - Jerusalem with iniquity: the heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, "Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us.
Side 102 - Let your reforms for a moment go ! Look to your butts, and take good aims ! Better a rotten borough or so Than a rotten fleet and a city in flames...
Side 136 - Neighbours, of familiar acquaintance, as having the Faculty of discoursing readily, and plausibly, seem wiser and better learned in cases of Law, and Conscience, than themselves. And the Divines, and such others as make shew...
Side 231 - political committee" under the provisions of this act shall include the national committees of all political parties and the national Congressional campaign committees of all political parties and all committees, associations, or organizations which shall in two or more States influence the result or attempt to influence the result of an election at which Representatives In Congress are to be elected.
Side 232 - I urgently recommend to Congress that a law be passed requiring that candidates in elections of Members of the House of Representatives, and committees in charge of their candidacy and campaign, file in a proper office of the United States Government a statement of the contributions received and of the expenditures incurred in the campaign for such elections, and that similar legislation be enacted in respect to all other elections which are constitutionally within the control of Congress.