Democracy, Liberty, and Property: Readings in the American Political TraditionFrancis William Coker |
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Page 41
... Body : And such a Preparative Assembly hath some appearance already of a Democracy ; it is a Democracy in Embrio properly in this Respect , that every Man hath the Priviledge freely to deliver his Opinion concerning the Common Affairs ...
... Body : And such a Preparative Assembly hath some appearance already of a Democracy ; it is a Democracy in Embrio properly in this Respect , that every Man hath the Priviledge freely to deliver his Opinion concerning the Common Affairs ...
Page 178
... body of men which possesses the virtue , talents and wealth of a nation , ought to govern ; it follows , that a body of men , which does not possess these attributes , ought not to govern . . Having thus conceded to Mr. Adams , that ...
... body of men which possesses the virtue , talents and wealth of a nation , ought to govern ; it follows , that a body of men , which does not possess these attributes , ought not to govern . . Having thus conceded to Mr. Adams , that ...
Page 369
... body which nour- ishes them . It is in the distribution of the national powers , it is in the inde- pendent spirit of the people , and not in the manuscript limitations of the legislative authority , that a nation is to secure the ...
... body which nour- ishes them . It is in the distribution of the national powers , it is in the inde- pendent spirit of the people , and not in the manuscript limitations of the legislative authority , that a nation is to secure the ...
Contents
PREFACE | 1 |
From A Modell of Christian Charity 1603 | 17 |
THE FUNDAMENTAL AGREEMENT OF NEW HAVEN 1639 | 26 |
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