Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?: American Conservative Thought in the Twentieth CenturyWilliam F. Buckley (Jr.) Half-title: American conservative thought in the twentieth century. |
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... principle of political organization . In contrast , the first article of the American political faith is that the political community , as a form of free and ordered human life , looks to the sovereignty of God as to the first principle ...
... principle of political organization . In contrast , the first article of the American political faith is that the political community , as a form of free and ordered human life , looks to the sovereignty of God as to the first principle ...
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... principle of consent was inherent in the medieval idea of kingship ; the king was bound to seek the con- sent of his people to his legislation . The American consensus reaffirmed this principle , at the same time that it carried the ...
... principle of consent was inherent in the medieval idea of kingship ; the king was bound to seek the con- sent of his people to his legislation . The American consensus reaffirmed this principle , at the same time that it carried the ...
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... principle , he adds a qualification which his present - day followers often over- look or disregard . “ It is , perhaps hardly necessary to say , " says Mill , quite mistaken as to the necessity , " that this doctrine is meant to apply ...
... principle , he adds a qualification which his present - day followers often over- look or disregard . “ It is , perhaps hardly necessary to say , " says Mill , quite mistaken as to the necessity , " that this doctrine is meant to apply ...
Contents
you Ever See a Dream Walking? | xv |
Selected Bibliography | xli |
Part One THE HISTORICAL | 3 |
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