Democracy, Liberty, and Property: Readings in the American Political TraditionFrancis William Coker |
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... never meet , and have no such right , can never supply . Another assembly , composed of represen- tatives chosen by the people in all parts , gives free access to the whole nation , and communicates all its wants , knowledge , projects ...
... never meet , and have no such right , can never supply . Another assembly , composed of represen- tatives chosen by the people in all parts , gives free access to the whole nation , and communicates all its wants , knowledge , projects ...
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... never unanimously agree to oppress themselves . But if one party agrees to oppress another , or the majority the minority , the people still oppress themselves , for one part of them oppress another . " The people never think of ...
... never unanimously agree to oppress themselves . But if one party agrees to oppress another , or the majority the minority , the people still oppress themselves , for one part of them oppress another . " The people never think of ...
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... never propose to make an effort ; I have never countenanced an effort , and never mean to countenance an effort , to disturb the arrangement as originally made , by which the various States came into the Union . " Still thinking of the ...
... never propose to make an effort ; I have never countenanced an effort , and never mean to countenance an effort , to disturb the arrangement as originally made , by which the various States came into the Union . " Still thinking of the ...
Contents
PREFACE | 1 |
From A Modell of Christian Charity 1603 | 17 |
THE FUNDAMENTAL AGREEMENT OF NEW HAVEN 1639 | 26 |
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