Words for the People: In Three Parts. Part I. Civil Government. Part II. Government of the United States. Part III. Social Duties |
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... effort at elucidation leaves the main difficulty unsolved . It is silent in respect to a very large portion of the people , or of the population . The females and the children , who , together , comprise full three - fourths of the ...
... effort at elucidation leaves the main difficulty unsolved . It is silent in respect to a very large portion of the people , or of the population . The females and the children , who , together , comprise full three - fourths of the ...
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... efforts should be spared to cherish and improve it , and those who have the power , who possess the wealth , and control the labor of a country , should endeavor so to shape the industrial pursuits of the people , as that it will not be ...
... efforts should be spared to cherish and improve it , and those who have the power , who possess the wealth , and control the labor of a country , should endeavor so to shape the industrial pursuits of the people , as that it will not be ...
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... effort . To him is committed mainly , the duty of providing sustenance , and whatever is needful to satisfy the bodily wants and to promote the health and comfort of the family , and protect its feeble members from personal injury . 49 ...
... effort . To him is committed mainly , the duty of providing sustenance , and whatever is needful to satisfy the bodily wants and to promote the health and comfort of the family , and protect its feeble members from personal injury . 49 ...
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... effort , to promote in a higher degree his own improvement and the general good , that civil governments are instituted , and laws enacted . 64. Civil governments may be said to have heretofore principally originated from the usurpation ...
... effort , to promote in a higher degree his own improvement and the general good , that civil governments are instituted , and laws enacted . 64. Civil governments may be said to have heretofore principally originated from the usurpation ...
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... effort to attain . 115. A most powerful means of stimu- lating and rendering effective the industry of a country is the system of gathering up and placing in the hands of skillful and experienced agents the surplus wealth of individuals ...
... effort to attain . 115. A most powerful means of stimu- lating and rendering effective the industry of a country is the system of gathering up and placing in the hands of skillful and experienced agents the surplus wealth of individuals ...
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Page 141 - Sensible of this momentous truth, you have improved upon your first essay, by the adoption of a Constitution of Government, better calculated than your former for an intimate Union, and for the efficacious management of your common concerns.
Page 141 - ... at home, your peace abroad; of your safety; of your prosperity; of that very liberty which you so highly prize. But as it is easy to foresee, that from different causes and from different quarters, much pains will be taken...
Page 42 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the LORD'S sake, whether it be to the King as supreme, or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of them that do well.
Page 140 - Liberty itself will find in such a government, with powers properly distributed and adjusted, its surest guardian. It is, indeed, little else than a name where the government is too feeble to withstand the...
Page 263 - I must work the work of him that sent me, while it is day, for the night cometh when no man can work.
Page 3 - I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid ? We have been assured, 'sir, in the sacred writings, that, 'except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.
Page 149 - The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government. But the Constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all.
Page 141 - To the efficacy and permanency of your union a government for the whole is indispensable. No alliances, however strict, between the parts can be an adequate substitute; they must inevitably experience the infractions and interruptions which all alliances in all times have experienced.
Page 272 - The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation. 15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
Page 42 - Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work...