 | 1889 - 242 sider
...invasions by the others, has been evinced by experiments ancient and modern ; some of them in our own country and under our own eyes. To preserve them must...may be the instrument of good, it is the [customary] f weapon by which free governments are destroyed. The precedent [I] must always greatly overbalance... | |
 | Paul Leicester Ford - 1889 - 214 sider
...invasions by the others, has been evinced by experiments ancient and modern ; some of them in our own country and under our own eyes. To preserve them must...may be the instrument of good, it is the [customary] f weapon by which free governments are destroyed. The precedent [J] must always greatly overbalance... | |
 | George Washington - 1892 - 538 sider
...instance wrong, or inexpedient, let it be corrected by the authority of the people in a legitimate by an amendment in the way which the Constitution...instance, may be the instrument of good, it is the uoual and natural customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed. — The precedent of ito... | |
 | George Washington - 1892 - 530 sider
...instance wrong, or inexpedient, let it be corrected by the authority of the people in a legitimate by an amendment in the way which the Constitution...instance, may be the instrument of good, it is the uoual and natural customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed. — The precedent of its... | |
 | Thomas Valentine Cooper - 1892 - 1144 sider
...let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which / the Constitution designates. But let there ч be no change by usurpation; for though this, in one...instance, may be the instrument of good, it is the customarv weapon by which free governments are destroyed. The precedent must alwavs greatly overbalance,... | |
 | Samuel Giles Buckingham - 1894 - 574 sider
...designates. But let there be no change by usurpation, for though this in one instance may be instrumental of good, it is the customary weapon by which free...must always greatly overbalance in permanent evil anv partial or transient benefit which the use can at any time yield." After referring also to the... | |
 | Severn Teackle Wallis - 1896 - 324 sider
...; but Washington, in the farewell legacy of his affection, has left us these warning words also : " LET THERE BE NO CHANGE BY USURPATION ; FOR THOUGH...MUST ALWAYS GREATLY OVERBALANCE, IN PERMANENT EVIL, EVERY PARTIAL OR TRANSIENT BENEFIT WHICH THE USE CAN AT ANY TIME YIELD." We shall more surely and reverently... | |
 | United States. President - 1897 - 530 sider
...corruption, which find a facilitated access to the government itself through the channels of party passion. Thus the policy and the will of one country are subjected...destroyed. The precedent must always greatly overbalance iu permanent evil any partial or transient benefit which the use can at any time yield. Of all the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1857 - 410 sider
...power, by dividing and distributing it into * It should not only warm, but t under t forms, a jj the different depositories, and constituting each the...may be the instrument of good, it is the [customary] f weapon by which free governments are destroyed. — The precedent [t] must always greatly overbalance... | |
 | United States. President, James Daniel Richardson - 1900 - 818 sider
...encouraged. From their natural tendency it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit f or every salutary purpose; and there being constant danger...may be the instrument of good, it is the customary «icapuu by which free governments are destroyed. The precedent must always greatly overbalance in... | |
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If In the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation; for though... 
