 This is one of those truths which, to a correct and unprejudiced mind, carries its own evidence along with it; and may be obscured, but cannot be made plainer by argument or reasoning. It rests upon axioms as simple as they are universal — the means...  Scrap Book on Law and Politics, Men and Times - Page 197by George Robertson - 1855 - 404 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Constitutional law - 1802 - 344 pages
...made plainer by argument or reasoning. It rests upon axioms, as simple as they are universal—the means ought to be proportioned to the end; the persons...attained. Whether there ought to be a federal government intrusted with the care of the common defence, is a question, in the first instance, open to discussion... | |
 | Europe - 1811 - 584 pages
...they are universal— the meant should be proportioned to the end — the persons from whose ageney the attainment of any end is expected, ought to possess the means by which it is to be attained. The moment it is decided in the affirmative that there ought to be a federal government, intrusted... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional history - 1817 - 570 pages
...be made plainer by argument or reasoning. It rests upon axioms, as simple as they are universal — the means ought to be proportioned, to the end; the...attained. Whether there ought to be a federal government intrusted with the care of the common defence, is a question, in the first instance, open to discussion;... | |
 | James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1818 - 882 pages
...argument or reasoning. It rests upon axioms, as simple as they are universal... .the means ought to he proportioned to the end; the persons from whose agency...attained. Whether there ought to be a federal government intrusted with the care of the common defence, is a question, in the first instance, open to discussion... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1825 - 762 pages
...Federalist, No. 23, has this paragraph: " The means ouglu to be proportioned to the end. The person (rom whose agency the attainment of any end is expected,...possess the means by which it is to be attained." Again, Mr. Hamilton says : " The powers are not too extensive for the objects of Federal Administration... | |
 | Constitutional history - 1842 - 492 pages
...be made plainer by argument or reasoning. It rests upon axioms, as simple as they are universal — the means ought to be proportioned to the end ; the...defence, is a question, in the first instance, open for discussion ; but the moment it is decided in the affirmative, it will follow, that that government... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1852 - 528 pages
...be made plainer by argument or reasoning. It rests upon axioms as simple as they are universal — the means ought to be proportioned to the end; the...defence, is a question in the first instance, open for discussion ; but the moment it is decided in the affirmative, it will follow, that that government... | |
 | Constitutional law - 1857 - 504 pages
...be made plainer by argument or reasoning. It rests upon axioms as simple as they are universal — the means ought to be proportioned to the end ; the...defence, is a question in the first instance, open for discussion ; but the moment it is decided in the affirmative, it will follbw, that that government... | |
 | William Whiting - History - 1862 - 144 pages
...FORCES." This statement, Hamilton says, — " Rests upon two axioms, simple as they are universal: the means ought to be proportioned to the end ; the persons from whose agency the attainment of the end is expected, ought to possess the means by which it is to be attained." f The doctrine of the... | |
 | William Whiting - Executive power - 1862 - 162 pages
...FORCES." This statement, Hamilton says, — " Rests upon two axioms, simple as they are universal : the means ought to be proportioned to the end ; the persons from whose agency the attainment of the end is expected, ought to possess the means by which it is to be attained." f The doctrine of the... | |
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