First Principles in PoliticsG.P.Putnam's Sons, 1899 - 322 páginas |
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Página xi
... mind , of the idea of law Most so - called " laws " are not laws at all ; they do not possess that character of necessity which is the essence of law This is true , for example , of the laws of conduct pre- sented to us by Utilitarian ...
... mind , of the idea of law Most so - called " laws " are not laws at all ; they do not possess that character of necessity which is the essence of law This is true , for example , of the laws of conduct pre- sented to us by Utilitarian ...
Página xvii
... mind the truth that man does possess certain rights as man • It is not necessary here to consider the various ways in PAGE 33 3833 35 36 36 · 37 which these rights have been classified by philos- ophers and Summary xvii.
... mind the truth that man does possess certain rights as man • It is not necessary here to consider the various ways in PAGE 33 3833 35 36 36 · 37 which these rights have been classified by philos- ophers and Summary xvii.
Página xix
... mind · • As little does his right to property imply the same un- limited dominion over it . Property is fiduciary : it is held for the benefit , not merely of the proprietor but of the commonwealth ; and the respect due to the form in ...
... mind · • As little does his right to property imply the same un- limited dominion over it . Property is fiduciary : it is held for the benefit , not merely of the proprietor but of the commonwealth ; and the respect due to the form in ...
Página xli
... minds of the country from public life , as something too mean and sordid for an honest , self - respecting man to meddle with : " the Government is below the mental and moral level even of the masses 99 In England , the Reform Act of ...
... minds of the country from public life , as something too mean and sordid for an honest , self - respecting man to meddle with : " the Government is below the mental and moral level even of the masses 99 In England , the Reform Act of ...
Página xlix
... mind diseased , of an organisation malformed , impoverished , or in- complete , whereby he is unfitted for self - adaptation to social life ; and the common idea , " No crime ' without moral responsibility , " is rejected as un ...
... mind diseased , of an organisation malformed , impoverished , or in- complete , whereby he is unfitted for self - adaptation to social life ; and the common idea , " No crime ' without moral responsibility , " is rejected as un ...
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Página 289 - So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are : for blood it defileth the land : and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Página 89 - It must not be forgotten that you are not to extend arbitrarily those rules which say that a given contract is void as being against public policy, because if there is one thing which more than another public policy requires it is that men of full age and competent understanding shall have the utmost liberty of contracting, and that their contracts, when entered into freely and voluntarily, shall be held sacred, and shall be enforced by courts of justice.
Página 61 - A general State education is a mere contrivance for moulding people to be exactly like one another: and as the mould in which it casts them is that which pleases the predominant power in the government...
Página 67 - Impunity and remissness for certain are the bane of a commonwealth. But here the great art lies, to discern in what the law is to bid restraint and punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work.
Página 153 - 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.
Página xxx - It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking, in a free country, should inspire caution in those intrusted with its administration, to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres, avoiding, in the exercise of the powers of one department, to encroach upon another. The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create, whatever the form of government, a real despotism.
Página 210 - The farmer imagines power and place are fine things. But the President has paid dear for his White House. It has commonly cost him all his peace, and the best of his manly attributes.
Página 67 - And were I the chooser, a dram of well-doing should be preferred before many times as much the forcible hindrance of evil-doing. For God sure esteems the growth and completing of one virtuous person more than the restraint of ten vicious.
Página 224 - I call therefore a complete and generous Education that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully and magnanimously all the offices both private and public of peace and war.
Página 3 - That which doth assign unto each thing the kind, that which doth moderate the force and power, that which doth appoint the form and measure, of working, the same we term a law.