Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests, which interests each must maintain, as an agent and advocate, against other agents and advocates; but Parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest,... The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke - Seite 14von Edmund Burke - 1807Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Melissa S. Williams - 2000 - 350 Seiten
...an agent and advocate, against other agents and advocates; but Parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole...general good, resulting from the general reason of the whole.34 Defining the common interest means moving among the apparently conflicting interests of the... | |
| Nicholas Deakin - 2000 - 328 Seiten
...'Parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole. . . . You choose a Member indeed; but when you have chosen him, he...Member of Bristol, but he is a Member of Parliament' (Speech to the Electors of Bristol, 1774). lobby — though they represent only a small number of voters.... | |
| Roberto Gargarella - 2001 - 180 Seiten
...an agent and advocate, against other agents and advocates; but Parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole...resulting from the general reason of the whole. You choose a member, indeed; but when you have chosen him he is not a member of Bristol, but he is a member... | |
| Sam Wineburg - 2001 - 278 Seiten
...whether they voted for its members or not. "Parliament," declared Burke, "is a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole,...good, resulting from the general reason of the whole." See Robert A. Gross, The Minutemen and Their World (New York, 1976), 36. 10. The loyalists are correct... | |
| Mark E. Rush, Richard Lee Engstrom - 2001 - 216 Seiten
...Parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole—where, not local purposes, not local prejudices, ought to...resulting from the general reason of the whole. You choose a member indeed; but when you have chosen him, he is not a member of Bristol, but he is a member... | |
| Stephen M. Engel - 2001 - 262 Seiten
...congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests . . . but ... a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole...purposes, not local prejudices ought to guide, but general good, resulting from the general reason of the whole . . . You choose a member indeed; but... | |
| F. R. Ankersmit - 2002 - 284 Seiten
...an agent and advocate, against other agents and advocates; but Parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole...resulting from the general reason of the whole. You choose a member, indeed; but when you have chosen him, he is not a member of Bristol, but he is a member... | |
| Maurizio Passerin d'Entrèves - 2002 - 884 Seiten
...congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests . . . but ... a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole;...general good, resulting from the general reason of the whole.'4 In the nineteenth century John Stuart Mill was one of the most well known advocates of 'government... | |
| Steven E. Schier - 2003 - 186 Seiten
...English parliamentarian who first espoused this style, put it: "Parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole...good, resulting from the general reason of the whole" (374). The "refining and enlarging" of public sentiments through deliberation lies at the root of the... | |
| Richard B. Miller - 2003 - 324 Seiten
...an agent or advocate, against other agents and advocates; but Parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole...general good, resulting from the general reason of the whole.13 A representative may originate from Bristol, but he or she should make decisions that redound... | |
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