 | Jacob Isidor Mombert - 1869 - 832 Seiten
...and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined too. Wherefore governments rather depend upon men, than men upon governments....will cure it. But, if men be bad, let the government w never so good, they will endeavor to warp and spoil it to their turn. I know some say, let us have... | |
 | Jacob Isidor Mombert - 1869 - 834 Seiten
...depend upon men, than men upon governments. Let men be good, and the government cannot be bad; if 2K it be ill, they will cure it. But, if men be bad, let the government be never so good, they will endeavor to warp and spoil it to their turn. I know some say, let us have good laws, and no matter... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1869 - 264 Seiten
...upon men, rather than men upon governments. Like clocks, they go from the motion which men give them. Let men be good, and the government cannot be bad. If it be ill, they will cure it. No government could maintain its constitution, however excellent it was, without the preservation of... | |
 | 1871 - 774 Seiten
...character of laws and the character of those who make them, was summed up in these words: " Governments rather depend upon men, than men upon governments....bad, let the government be never so good, they will endeavor to warp and spoil it to their turn. I know some say, let us have good laws, and no matter... | |
 | Hendrick Bradley Wright - 1871 - 414 Seiten
...clocks, go from the motion men " give them, so by them they are ruined too. Where" fore governments rather depend upon men, than men "upon governments. Let men be good, and thegovern" ment cannot be bad ; if it be ill, they will cure it. " But if men be bad, let the government... | |
 | Samuel Mcpherson Janney - 1876 - 190 Seiten
...people are a party to those laws ; and more than this is tyranny, oligarchy or confusion." "Governments rather depend upon men, than men upon governments....cure it. But if men be bad, let the government be ever so good, they will endeavor to warp and spoil it to their turn. I know some say : Let us have... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1876 - 622 Seiten
...from the motion imparted to them ; they depend on men rather than men on government. Let men be good, the government cannot be bad ; if it be ill, they will cure it." Even with absolute power, an Antonine or an Alfred could not make bricks withont straw, nor the sword... | |
 | 1919 - 418 Seiten
...Governments are made and moved by Men, so by them they are ruined too. Wherefore Governments rather depend on Men, than Men upon Governments. Let Men be good, and...will endeavour to warp and spoil it to their turn." ' In his Frame of Government, in The Laws Agreed upon in England, in his Code enacted at Chester, known... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1878 - 624 Seiten
...from the motion imparted to them ; they depend on men rather than men on government. Let men be good, the government cannot be bad ; if it be ill, they will cure it." Even with absolute power, an Antonine or an Alfred could not make bricks without straw, nor the sword... | |
 | Pennsylvania - 1879 - 650 Seiten
...governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ru- Preface, ined too. Wherefore governments rather depend upon men, than men upon governments....never so good, they will endeavour to warp and spoil to their turn. I know some say, let us have good laws, and no matter for the men that execute them... | |
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Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them; and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined too. Wherefore, governments rather depend upon men than men upon governments. Let men be good and the government cannot... 
