The Essential American Tradition: An Anthology of Striking and Significant Passages from Our National Documents, State Papers, and the Writings and Speeches of American Statesmen and Leaders from 1619 to 1924Jesse Lee Bennett |
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... representative democracy . We will deal first with the contribution in the realm of ideas and principles . In comparison with all large civilised states previously exist- ing , the individual - at least in theory - has , in America , oc ...
... representative democracy . We will deal first with the contribution in the realm of ideas and principles . In comparison with all large civilised states previously exist- ing , the individual - at least in theory - has , in America , oc ...
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... representative democracy . The Remote Origin of One of the Basic American Political Ideas- the Voluntary Association of Men in Society . To understand these motives we must look back hundreds , even thousands , of years to the ...
... representative democracy . The Remote Origin of One of the Basic American Political Ideas- the Voluntary Association of Men in Society . To understand these motives we must look back hundreds , even thousands , of years to the ...
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... representatives of special interests , cynics , misanthropes , pessimists - all the types which all history affords . But just as the physical conditions had engendered in the pioneer a new sense of individualism , a new , deep - rooted ...
... representatives of special interests , cynics , misanthropes , pessimists - all the types which all history affords . But just as the physical conditions had engendered in the pioneer a new sense of individualism , a new , deep - rooted ...
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... representative democracy may legitimately be claimed to be represented by the provisions for local self - government in the Colonial Charters some of which guaranteed certain rights of the subject . Certain historians regard the more ...
... representative democracy may legitimately be claimed to be represented by the provisions for local self - government in the Colonial Charters some of which guaranteed certain rights of the subject . Certain historians regard the more ...
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... representative democracy designed to express the will of the people , designed to perfect a system of society in which the common will shall always be stronger than the will of any element of the popu- lation . The representative ...
... representative democracy designed to express the will of the people , designed to perfect a system of society in which the common will shall always be stronger than the will of any element of the popu- lation . The representative ...
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Alexander Hamilton arbitrary aspirations attempt authority believe Carlton J. H. Hayes century citizen civil civilised classes colonies common Company Congress Constitution Convention Copyright Court criticism Declaration of Independence delegated democracy duty early American engendered equal ernment essential American established Europe existence experience expression fact Federal form of government free government freedom G. P. Putnam's Sons Gouverneur Morris Hamilton Hannis Taylor happiness human ideals ideas individual inevitably influence institutions interests Jefferson John Adams justice labor land legislative liberty lives mankind Mayflower Compact ment mind nation Natural Rights never opinion oppression organism original peace philosophers political principles privileges protection religious representatives republic Revolution SAMUEL ADAMS secure sentiments slave social compact social organisation society sovereignty speech spirit stitution theory things THOMAS JEFFERSON THOMAS PAINE thought tion truth United Virginia voluntary association wealth whole Woodrow Wilson
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Page 259 - The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad, of your safety, of your prosperity, of that very liberty which you so highly prize.
Page 185 - The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times, and under all circumstances. No doctrine, involving more pernicious consequences, was ever invented by the wit of man than that any of its provisions can be suspended during any of the great exigencies of government.
Page 242 - That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other.
Page 240 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Page 147 - That all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness.
Page 309 - Our object now, as then, is to vindicate the principles of peace and justice in the life of the world as against selfish and autocratic power and to set up amongst the really free and self-governed peoples of the world such a concert of purpose and of action as will henceforth insure the observance of those principles.
Page 129 - Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
Page 206 - They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak; They are slaves who will not choose Hatred, scoffing, and abuse, Rather than in silence shrink From the truth they needs must think; They are slaves who dare not be In the right with two or three.
Page 126 - There will never be a really free and enlightened State until the State comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived, and treats him accordingly.
Page 256 - ... That the people have an original right to establish for their future government, such principles as in their opinion shall most conduce to their own happiness, is the basis on which the whole American fabric has been erected.