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... wise . It is fair to call for trust when the principle of reason itself suspends its public use . I take the distinction to be this : The ground of a particular measure , making a part of a plan , it is rarely proper to divulge ; all ...
... wise . It is fair to call for trust when the principle of reason itself suspends its public use . I take the distinction to be this : The ground of a particular measure , making a part of a plan , it is rarely proper to divulge ; all ...
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... wise or foolish , scandal- ous or reputable ; there is nothing therefore to hold it firm to any one body of men , or to any one consistent scheme of politics . Nothing interposes , to prevent the full operation of all the caprices and ...
... wise or foolish , scandal- ous or reputable ; there is nothing therefore to hold it firm to any one body of men , or to any one consistent scheme of politics . Nothing interposes , to prevent the full operation of all the caprices and ...
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... wise than blindly , the followers must be qualified , if not for actors , at least for judges ; they must also be judges of natural weight and authority . Nothing can secure a steady and moderate conduct in such as- semblies , but that ...
... wise than blindly , the followers must be qualified , if not for actors , at least for judges ; they must also be judges of natural weight and authority . Nothing can secure a steady and moderate conduct in such as- semblies , but that ...
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... wise and good man . It is indeed one sign of a liberal and benevolent mind to incline to it with some sort of partial propen- sity . He feels no ennobling principle in his own heart , who wishes to level all the artificial institutions ...
... wise and good man . It is indeed one sign of a liberal and benevolent mind to incline to it with some sort of partial propen- sity . He feels no ennobling principle in his own heart , who wishes to level all the artificial institutions ...
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... wise people was far from imagining that those connexions had no tie , and obliged to no duty ; but that men might quit them without shame , upon every call of interest . They believed private honour to be the great founda- tion of ...
... wise people was far from imagining that those connexions had no tie , and obliged to no duty ; but that men might quit them without shame , upon every call of interest . They believed private honour to be the great founda- tion of ...
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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...