| William Babcock Weeden - 1906 - 430 halaman
...gradually acquired control of political action in the early nineteenth century. Burke defined party to be " a body of men united, for promoting by their joint endeavors the national interest upon some particular principle on which they are all agreed." Perhaps this dictum was never... | |
| John Franklin Jameson, Henry Eldridge Bourne, Robert Livingston Schuyler - 1906 - 1070 halaman
...wellknown vindication of political party, so often cited by upholders of the party system of government. " Party is a body of men united, for promoting by their joint endeavours the national interest, upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed. For... | |
| J. Gordon Mowat, John Alexander Cooper, Newton MacTavish - 1907 - 624 halaman
...Burke's apologetic definition of party is well known, and is always quoted in defence of the system. " Party is a body of men united for promoting by their joint endeavours the national interest, upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed." The... | |
| Arthur Fisher Bentley - 1908 - 550 halaman
...themselves through them. One can hardly discuss parties without introducing Burke's definition that a party is "a body of men united for promoting by their joint endeavors the national interest upon some particular principle on which they are all agreed." Here is a definition in terms... | |
| William Trufant Foster - 1908 - 512 halaman
...the unions. B. Edmund Burke, in Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents, defines "party" as "a body of men united for promoting by their joint endeavors the national interest upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed." C. To enter politics as an independent... | |
| Samuel Eagle Forman - 1909 - 268 halaman
...city acquire land for a park? XXXIX. PARTY GOVERNMENT: ORGANIZATION OF POLITICAL PARTIES "A political party is a body of men united for promoting by their joint endeavors the national interest upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed. Party divisions, whether on the... | |
| New England History Teachers' Association, Ray Greene Huling - 1910 - 278 halaman
...credentials, nomination certificates, party platforms, and all other party documents. I. Definition. "A party is a body of men united for promoting by their joint endeavors the national interest upon some principle on which they are all agreed." — EDMUND BURKE. Compare other definitions.... | |
| New England History Teachers' Association, Ray Greene Huling - 1910 - 236 halaman
...credentials, nomination certificates, party platforms, and all other party documents. I. Definition. "A party is a body of men united for promoting by their joint endeavors the national interest upon some principle on which they are all agreed." — EDMUND BURKE. Compare other definitions.... | |
| New York (State). Legislature. Senate - 1910 - 1110 halaman
...can be administered, is through the agency of a political party. Burke tells us that : " A political party is a body of men united for promoting by their joint endeavors the national interest upon some particular principles in which they are all agreed." And then he says: " It is the... | |
| 1910 - 1024 halaman
...drift. What is a political party, anyway? Burke has given the best definition of its primary purpose: "Party is a body of men united for promoting by their joint endeavors the national interest upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed." Burke here makes no reference... | |
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