 | William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1808 - 540 pages
...supplied by pract'ce, his office, nominally for years, will, in (act, become for life, and history shews how easily that degenerates into an inheritance. —...representative government, responsible at short periods of flections, is that which produces the greatest sum of happiness to mankind, I feel it a duty to do... | |
 | Benjamin Flower - 1808 - 526 pages
...have borne it faithfully. If some termination to the service of the chief magistrate be not affixed by the constitution, or supplied by practice, his office, nominally for years, will, in fuel, become for life; and hisiory shews how easily that degenerates into an inheritance. " Believing... | |
 | Great Britain - 1808 - 534 pages
...to the service of the chief magistrate be not affixed by the constitution, or supplied by pract'ce, his office, nominally for years, will, in fact, become for life, and history shews how easily that degenerate* into an inheritance. — Believing that a representative government,... | |
 | United States. Congress - United States - 1826 - 844 pages
...as to have " borne it faithfully. If some termination to the services of " a Chief Magistrate be not fixed by the Constitution, or " supplied by practice,...nominally for years, will " in fact become for life; -ind history shows how easily ' that degenerates into an inheritance. Believing that a ' Representative... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1826 - 842 pages
...as to have ' borne it faithfully. If some termination to the services of ' a Chief Magistrate be not fixed by the Constitution, or ' supplied by practice,...office, nominally for years, will ' in fact become for lile; nul history shows how easily ' that degenerates into an inheritance. Believing tliat a ' Representative... | |
 | Francis E. Brewster - Conduct of life - 1851 - 470 pages
...borne it faithfully. If some termination to the services of our chief magistrate be not fixed upon by the Constitution, or supplied by practice, his office, nominally for years, will,infact, become for life; and history shatcs how easily that degenerates into an inheritance. Believing... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1854 - 628 pages
...as to have borne it faithfully. If some termination to the services of the chief magistrate be not fixed by the constitution, or supplied by practice,...representative government, responsible at short periods of election, is that which produces the greatest sum of happiness to mankind, I feel it a duty to do no... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1854 - 628 pages
...as to have borne it faithfully. If some termination to the services of the chief magistrate be not fixed by the constitution, or supplied by practice,...years, will, in fact, become for life, and history show^ how easily that degenerates into an inheritance. Believing that a representative government,... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - Presidents - 1858 - 916 pages
...as to have borne ¡t faithfully. If some termination to the services of the chief magistrate be not fixed by the Constitution, or supplied by practice,...representative government, responsible at short periods of election, is that which produces the greatest sum of happiness to mankind, I feel it a duty to do no... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - Presidents - 1858 - 760 pages
...as to have borne it faithfully. If some termination to the services of the chief magistrate be not fixed by the Constitution, or supplied by practice,...representative government, responsible at short periods of election, is that which produces the greatest sum of happiness to mankind, I feel it a duty to do no... | |
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That I should lay down my charge at a proper period is as much a duty as to have borne it faithfully. If some termination to the services of the Chief Magistrate be not fixed by the Constitution, or supplied by practice, his office, nominally for years,... 
