 | Thomas G. West - 1997 - 244 Seiten
...First Inaugural addressjefferson pointed to this tension between consent and rights when he spoke of "this sacred principle, that though the will of the...minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate would be oppression." Jefferson went on to praise the religious and moral... | |
 | Bradford P. Wilson, Ken Masugi - 1998 - 328 Seiten
...practice in his First Inaugural: "We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists," and all are obliged "to bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the...be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possesses their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression." In... | |
 | Stephen Holmes - 1995 - 360 Seiten
...that the majority both must and must not be limited are expressed concisely in his First Inaugural: "Though the will of the majority is in all cases to...prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable" (ibid., pp. 492-93); this statement implies that an unreasonable majority should not prevail; but it... | |
 | Conrad Cherry - 1998 - 428 Seiten
...rules of the Constitution, all will, of course, arrange themselves under the will of the law, and unite in common efforts for the common good. All, too, will...be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possesses their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression. Let... | |
 | Matthew Spalding, Patrick J. Garrity - 1996 - 244 Seiten
..."by an explicit and authentic act of the whole People." One is reminded ofjefferson's injunction to "bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the...prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable." What made the obligation to obey the law sacred, then, was not the law's force or ability to compel... | |
 | Jean Edward Smith - 1998 - 788 Seiten
...of the most striking passages, the new president defined the essence of democratic government. While "the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable. The minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate would be oppression."... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1999 - 676 Seiten
...rules of the constitution, all will, of course, arrange themselves under the will of the law, and unite in common efforts for the common good. All, too, will...minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate which would be oppression. Let us, then, fellow citizens, unite with one... | |
 | Lewis Copeland, Lawrence W. Lamm, Stephen J. McKenna - 1999 - 978 Seiten
...rules of the constitution, all will of course arrange themselves under the will of the law, and unite in common efforts for the common good. All too will...minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate which would be oppression. Let us then, fellow-citizens, unite with one... | |
 | Owen Collins - 1999 - 464 Seiten
...rules of the Constitution, all will, of course, arrange themselves under the will of the law, and unite in common efforts for the common good. All, too, will...the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression. Let us, then, fellow-citizens, unite with one... | |
 | Harry V. Jaffa - 1999 - 212 Seiten
...in 1800 had calmed the storm of 1798, Jefferson in his inaugural pronounced these magisterial words: All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle,...the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression. According to Jefferson, but contrary to Scalia,... | |
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in common efforts for the common good. All too will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal... 
