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... have been among the principal objects of his life ; and that he has owed none of the gradations of his power or fortune to a settled contempt , or oc- casional forfeiture of their esteem . That man who before he comes into power has no 5.
... have been among the principal objects of his life ; and that he has owed none of the gradations of his power or fortune to a settled contempt , or oc- casional forfeiture of their esteem . That man who before he comes into power has no 5.
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... object they are led vehemently to desire . By passing from place to place with a velocity incredible , and diversifying their character and description , they are capable of mi- micking the general voice . We must not always judge of ...
... object they are led vehemently to desire . By passing from place to place with a velocity incredible , and diversifying their character and description , they are capable of mi- micking the general voice . We must not always judge of ...
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... objects . Because they have no tendency , direct or indirect , to select the man with a view to the duty , or to accommodate the one to the other . I do not hesitate to say , that the road to eminence and power , from obscure condition ...
... objects . Because they have no tendency , direct or indirect , to select the man with a view to the duty , or to accommodate the one to the other . I do not hesitate to say , that the road to eminence and power , from obscure condition ...
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... objects than our momentary opinions and desires , is to throw us back upon that very democracy which in this part , our constitution was formed to avoid . NEUTRALS . MEN of no decided character , without judgment to chuse , and without ...
... objects than our momentary opinions and desires , is to throw us back upon that very democracy which in this part , our constitution was formed to avoid . NEUTRALS . MEN of no decided character , without judgment to chuse , and without ...
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... object is to obtain the good will of the person with whom he con- tends , that when an agreement is made , he may join in rewarding him . I would not take one of these as my arbitrator in a dispute for so much as a fish - pond- for if ...
... object is to obtain the good will of the person with whom he con- tends , that when an agreement is made , he may join in rewarding him . I would not take one of these as my arbitrator in a dispute for so much as a fish - pond- for if ...
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Página 91 - It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary ideas of criminal justice to this great public contest. I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people.
Página 105 - The pretended rights of these theorists are all extremes ; and in proportion as they are metaphysically true, they are morally and politically false. Th6 rights of men are in a sort of middle, incapable of definition, but not impossible to be discerned. The rights of men in governments are their advantages ; and these are often in balances between differences of good ; in compromises sometimes between good and evil, and sometimes, between evil and evil.
Página 80 - The science of constructing a commonwealth, or renovating it, or reforming it, is, like every other experimental science, not to be taught a priori. Nor is it a short experience that can instruct us in that practical science; because the real effects of moral causes are not always immediate...
Página 41 - Party is a body of men united, for promoting by their joint endeavours the national interest, upon some particular principle...
Página 75 - It is therefore our business carefully to cultivate in our minds, to rear to the most perfect vigour and maturity, every sort of generous and honest feeling that belongs to our nature. To bring the dispositions that are lovely in private life into the service and conduct of the commonwealth ; so to be patriots, as not to forget we are gentlemen.
Página 101 - If civil society be made for the advantage of man, all the advantages for which it is made become his right.
Página 26 - To be attached to the subdivision, to love the little platoon we belong to in society, is the first principle (the germ as it were) of public affections. It is the first link in the series by which we proceed towards a love to our country, and to mankind.
Página 103 - ... inclinations of men should frequently be thwarted, their will controlled, and their passions brought into subjection. This can only be done by a power out of themselves ; and not, in the exercise of its function, subject to that will and to those passions which it is its office to bridle and sub102 due. In this sense the restraints on men, as well as their liberties, are to be reckoned among their rights.
Página 139 - Had it pleased God to continue to me the hopes of succession, I should have been, according to my mediocrity and the mediocrity of the age I live in, a sort of founder of...