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... regard those terms as not at all amiss , which in another state of mind they would think intolerable : if they grow peevish in this state of mind , they may be roused , not against the enemy whom they have been taught to fear , but ...
... regard those terms as not at all amiss , which in another state of mind they would think intolerable : if they grow peevish in this state of mind , they may be roused , not against the enemy whom they have been taught to fear , but ...
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... regard to its ancient maxims ; especially where they indicate its dignity ; where they concur with the rules of prudence ; and above all , where the circumstances of the time require that a spirit of in- novation should be resisted ...
... regard to its ancient maxims ; especially where they indicate its dignity ; where they concur with the rules of prudence ; and above all , where the circumstances of the time require that a spirit of in- novation should be resisted ...
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... regard to themselves individually , and with regard to their whole corps , over whom they kept , beyond what is common in other countries , a censorial eye . They were tolerably well - bred ; very officious , humane , and hospitable ...
... regard to themselves individually , and with regard to their whole corps , over whom they kept , beyond what is common in other countries , a censorial eye . They were tolerably well - bred ; very officious , humane , and hospitable ...
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... regard to the general opinion of those who are to be governed . That general opinion is the vehicle , and organ of legislative omnipotence . With- out this , it may be a theory to entertain the mind , but it is nothing in the direction ...
... regard to the general opinion of those who are to be governed . That general opinion is the vehicle , and organ of legislative omnipotence . With- out this , it may be a theory to entertain the mind , but it is nothing in the direction ...
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... regard to the exercise of all the powers , which our constitution knows in any of its parts , and indeed to the substantial existence of any of the parts themselves . PARADOXES . It is an observation which I think Isocrates makes in one ...
... regard to the exercise of all the powers , which our constitution knows in any of its parts , and indeed to the substantial existence of any of the parts themselves . PARADOXES . It is an observation which I think Isocrates makes in one ...
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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...