The Influences of Democracy on Liberty, Property, and the Happiness of Society, ConsideredJ. W. Parker, 1835 - 199 halaman |
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... ment , fairly chargeable with the blame due to his mistake . On me , therefore , rest the blame of want of judgment , if any Senator shall deign to peruse these pages , and not lay them down with nearly the same feeling as that with ...
... ment , fairly chargeable with the blame due to his mistake . On me , therefore , rest the blame of want of judgment , if any Senator shall deign to peruse these pages , and not lay them down with nearly the same feeling as that with ...
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... ment . I object not to this appeal ; it is the error of the day to be guided by theory , and not by history ; but I do object to the attempt to fortify theory by an apparent appeal to fact , when the one is , as much as the other , the ...
... ment . I object not to this appeal ; it is the error of the day to be guided by theory , and not by history ; but I do object to the attempt to fortify theory by an apparent appeal to fact , when the one is , as much as the other , the ...
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... ment . At the last election in Philadelphia , peace was tolerably well maintained in the city by the knowledge of the preparations made to put down violence by force ; but , without the limits of the city authorities , the committee of ...
... ment . At the last election in Philadelphia , peace was tolerably well maintained in the city by the knowledge of the preparations made to put down violence by force ; but , without the limits of the city authorities , the committee of ...
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... ment of the country to the management of men who have no stake in it . Would my friend sell a parcel of goods , much less trust his all , to men who are worth nothing ? Annual parlia- ments , not to mention the incalculable evils ...
... ment of the country to the management of men who have no stake in it . Would my friend sell a parcel of goods , much less trust his all , to men who are worth nothing ? Annual parlia- ments , not to mention the incalculable evils ...
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... ment , whoever may guide the helm of the State . And truly let any Minister now faith- fully discharge his duty , resisting the spirit of innovation , when it tends to destruction and not improvement , and he will be well entitled to ...
... ment , whoever may guide the helm of the State . And truly let any Minister now faith- fully discharge his duty , resisting the spirit of innovation , when it tends to destruction and not improvement , and he will be well entitled to ...
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Halaman 141 - Towards the preservation of your government, and the permanency of your present happy state, it is requisite, not only that you steadily discountenance irregular oppositions to its acknowledged authority, but also that you resist with care the spirit of innovation upon its principles, however specious the pretexts. One method of assault may be to effect in the forms of the constitution alterations which will impair the energy of the system, and thus to undermine what cannot be directly overthrown.
Halaman 141 - In all the changes to which you may be invited, remember that time and habit are at least as necessary to fix the true character of Governments as of other human institutions...
Halaman 141 - Liberty itself will find in such a government with powers properly distributed and adjusted, its surest guardian. It is, indeed, little else than a name, where the government is too feeble to withstand the enterprises of faction, to confine each member of the society within the limits prescribed by the laws, and to maintain all in the secure and tranquil enjoyment of the rights of person and property.
Halaman 32 - May you long enjoy that liberty which is so dear to you, and to which your name will ever be so dear. May your own virtues and a nation's prayers obtain the happiest sunshine for the decline of your days and the choicest of future blessings. For our country's sake, for the sake of republican liberty, it is our earnest wish that your example may be the guide of your successors, and thus, after being the ornament and safeguard of the present age, become the patrimony of our descendants.
Halaman 74 - A democracy cannot last. Its nature ordains that its next change shall be into a military despotism — of all known governments perhaps the most prone to shift its head, and the slowest to mend its vices. The reason is that the tyranny of what is called the people, and that by the sword, both operate alike to debase and corrupt, till there are neither men left with the spirit to desire liberty, nor morals with the power to sustain justice. Like the burning pestilence that destroys the human body,...