Manual of Political Ethics: Political ethics properC. C. Little and J. Brown, 1839 |
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... Elections . -Election Riots and Disturbance around the Poll . - Various other Election Malpractices . CHAPTER II . Parties . Has any free Countr : existed without Parties ? — Can a free Country possibly exist without Parties ? Is it ...
... Elections . -Election Riots and Disturbance around the Poll . - Various other Election Malpractices . CHAPTER II . Parties . Has any free Countr : existed without Parties ? — Can a free Country possibly exist without Parties ? Is it ...
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... Elections ; in Athens , Rome , France , England , the United States . - Plato's Opinion of the Duties of Officers . - Post Office . - The Chief Executive Officer.- Confidential Officers . - Official Interpretation of Constitu- tions and ...
... Elections ; in Athens , Rome , France , England , the United States . - Plato's Opinion of the Duties of Officers . - Post Office . - The Chief Executive Officer.- Confidential Officers . - Official Interpretation of Constitu- tions and ...
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... elections , which it is not attempted to justify on the ground of the urgency of the case for the public welfare - this public welfare , so truly the end of all government and yet so frequently made the pretext of partial measures , or ...
... elections , which it is not attempted to justify on the ground of the urgency of the case for the public welfare - this public welfare , so truly the end of all government and yet so frequently made the pretext of partial measures , or ...
الصفحة 122
... election . ( 1 ) These are extraor- dinary cases , and in general it may be given as a sign of political modesty , if a citizen betrays no eagerness for place or honor , but dutifully accepts whatever place he is called to and for which ...
... election . ( 1 ) These are extraor- dinary cases , and in general it may be given as a sign of political modesty , if a citizen betrays no eagerness for place or honor , but dutifully accepts whatever place he is called to and for which ...
الصفحة 223
... election by something distinguished . " It is right then not to with- hold from them a station due to their genius and noble- ness of soul ; but we must first have this pledge , and not trust to favorites , to Buckinghams , despite of ...
... election by something distinguished . " It is right then not to with- hold from them a station due to their genius and noble- ness of soul ; but we must first have this pledge , and not trust to favorites , to Buckinghams , despite of ...
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الصفحة 637 - Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place : for all they that take the sword, shall perish with the sword.
الصفحة 399 - Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not. Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr!
الصفحة 511 - I did not obey your instructions : no, I conformed to the instructions of truth and nature, and maintained your interest, against your opinions, with a constancy that became me. A representative worthy of you ought to be a person of stability. I am to look, indeed, to your opinions ; but to such opinions as you and I must have five years hence.
الصفحة 131 - Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth : but I have called you friends ; for all things that I have heard of my Father, I have made known unto you.
الصفحة 463 - He quotes them, as he tells us himself, as witnesses whose conspiring testimony, mightily strengthened and confirmed by their discordance on almost every other subject, is a conclusive proof of the unanimity of the whole human race on the great rules of duty and the fundamental principles of morals.
الصفحة 291 - It is an established rule in the exposition of statutes that the intention of the lawgiver is to be deduced from a view of the whole and of every part of a statute taken and compared together.
الصفحة 483 - The people shall have the right freely to assemble together, to consult for the common good, to instruct their representatives, and to petition the legislature for redress of grievances.
الصفحة 288 - It must however be observed, that we are here speaking of laws that are simply and purely penal, where the thing forbidden or enjoined is wholly a matter of indifference, and where the penalty inflicted is an adequate compensation for the civil inconvenience supposed to arise from the offence.
الصفحة 463 - He was not of such a stupid and servile cast of mind, as to quote the opinions of poets or orators, of historians and philosophers, as those of judges, from whose decision there was no appeal. He quotes them, as he tells us himself, as witnesses whose conspiring testimony, mightily strengthened and confirmed by their discordance on almost every other subject, is a conclusive proof of the unanimity of the whole human race on the great rules of duty and the fundamental principles...
الصفحة 47 - I numbered the efforts it made to accomplish this object. The grain fell sixty-nine times to the ground; but the insect persevered, and the seventieth time it reached the top. This sight gave me courage at the moment, and I never forgot the lesson.