...speech he put forth the classic expression of his doctrine of representation: Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the Happiness and glory of a representative...unreserved communication with his constituents. Their unshes ought to have great weight with him; their opinions high respect; their business unremitted...

...Parliament. "This does not mean that the representative does not care for his constituency. The fact is that it "ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative to live in the strictest union, the clearest correspondence and the most unreserved communication with his constituents. Their wishes ought...

...persuasion on substantive matters'.40 Again, it was Edmund Burke who said it best. 'Certainly,' he said, '...it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative...wishes ought to have great weight with him; their opinions high respect; their business unremitted attention. . . . But his unbiased opinion, his mature...

...understand him rightly) in favor of tiie coercive authority of sueh inetractions. Certainly, Gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative...wishes ought to have great weight with him ; their opinions high respect ; their business unremitted attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose,...

...speech to the electors of Bristol, in which the English statesman said that a representative should have "the strictest union, the closest correspondence,...most unreserved communication with his constituents," adding "Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead...