A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America, Against the Attack of M. Turgot in His Letter to Dr. Price, Dated the Twenty-second Day of March, 1778, Band 3J. Stockdale, 1794 |
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... Rome , all re - affumed the title of confuls , and began , fome fooner and others later , to make their proper ftatutes , and establish their popular government . Though it is not pof- fible to afcertain the precife time when the infti ...
... Rome , all re - affumed the title of confuls , and began , fome fooner and others later , to make their proper ftatutes , and establish their popular government . Though it is not pof- fible to afcertain the precife time when the infti ...
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... made himfelf illuftrious as a divine , and obtained the place of auditor of the tower of Rome . So much of the time of the hufbandman , the 1349 . artisan , 55 1 artifan , and the people in general , was taken Fioravanti .
... made himfelf illuftrious as a divine , and obtained the place of auditor of the tower of Rome . So much of the time of the hufbandman , the 1349 . artisan , 55 1 artifan , and the people in general , was taken Fioravanti .
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... Rome . The Florentines having , in 1527 , banished the Medici , and taken down , with great impetuofity , the arms of that family from every place in the city , Charles the Fifth , in 1529 , took upon him- 1529 . felf the obligation of ...
... Rome . The Florentines having , in 1527 , banished the Medici , and taken down , with great impetuofity , the arms of that family from every place in the city , Charles the Fifth , in 1529 , took upon him- 1529 . felf the obligation of ...
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... Rome for example , for the fenfe of all the citizens of an whole republic , or a large empire , was very imperfect , and extremely expof- ed to corruption : but , fince the invention of repre- fentative affemblies , much of that ...
... Rome for example , for the fenfe of all the citizens of an whole republic , or a large empire , was very imperfect , and extremely expof- ed to corruption : but , fince the invention of repre- fentative affemblies , much of that ...
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... Rome.§ The fecond form of good government is ariftocracy , according to which the dominion is held by thofe who , above all others , are adorned with virtue , prudence , and be- nevolence ; who directing all their actions to the utility ...
... Rome.§ The fecond form of good government is ariftocracy , according to which the dominion is held by thofe who , above all others , are adorned with virtue , prudence , and be- nevolence ; who directing all their actions to the utility ...
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Seite 215 - The moment the idea is admitted into society, that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence. If " THOU SHALT NOT COVET," and
Seite 524 - Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest. The magnitude of the sacrifice must depend as well on situation and circumstance as on the object to be obtained. It is at all times difficult to draw with precision the line between those rights which must be surrendered and those which may be reserved...
Seite 297 - In every society where property exists, there will ever be a struggle between rich and poor. Mixed in one assembly, equal laws can never be expected. They will either be made by numbers, to plunder the few who are rich, or by influence, to fleece the many who are poor.
Seite 513 - ... be for the ufe of the Treafury of the United States; and all fuch laws (hall be fubject to the revifion and controul of the Congrefs.
Seite 525 - That it will meet the full and entire approbation of every state, is not, perhaps to be expected ; but each will doubtless consider, that had her interest been alone consulted, the consequences might have been particularly disagreeable or injurious to others...
Seite 292 - The poor should have a bulwark against the same dangers and oppressions; and this can never be without a house of representatives of the people. But neither the rich nor the poor can be defended by their respective guardians in the constitution, without an executive power, vested with a negative, equal to either, to hold the balance even between them, and decide when they cannot agree.
Seite 514 - ... to a choice. In every cafe, after the choice of the Prefident, the perfon having the greateft number of votes of the electors fhall be the Vice-Prefident.
Seite 519 - ... of two or more ftates, or parts of ftates, without the confent of the legiflatures of the ftates concerned as well as of the Congrefs. The Congrefs...
Seite 214 - ... personal property; if we take into the account the women and children, or even if we leave them out of the question, a great majority of every nation is wholly destitute of property except a small quantity of clothes and a few trifles of other movables.
Seite 291 - It is agreed that the people are the best keepers of their own liberties and the only keepers who can be always trusted; and, therefore, the people's fair, full, and honest consent to every law, by their representatives, must be made an essential part of the constitution; but it is denied that they are the best keepers, or any keepers at all, of their own liberties when they hold, collectively or by representation...