Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788: And the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... Parliament is absolute and arbitrary is a contradiction . The Parliament cannot make 2 and 2 , 5 : Omnipotency cannot do it . The supreme power in a state is ius dicere only : -ius dare , strictly speaking , belongs alone to God .
... Parliament is absolute and arbitrary is a contradiction . The Parliament cannot make 2 and 2 , 5 : Omnipotency cannot do it . The supreme power in a state is ius dicere only : -ius dare , strictly speaking , belongs alone to God .
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... Parliament made in England . They resolved , ' that they were not , as to such things as were done in Ireland ; but that what they did out of Ireland must be ... Parliament , has been corroborated by 108 JAMES WILSON ON PARLIAMENT.
... Parliament made in England . They resolved , ' that they were not , as to such things as were done in Ireland ; but that what they did out of Ireland must be ... Parliament , has been corroborated by 108 JAMES WILSON ON PARLIAMENT.
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... Parliament would affect them ; though , unless named , they would not be bound by it : the question was , whether the legislative authority of Parliament extended over the inhabi- tants of Ireland or Jamaica or Virginia . To the ...
... Parliament would affect them ; though , unless named , they would not be bound by it : the question was , whether the legislative authority of Parliament extended over the inhabi- tants of Ireland or Jamaica or Virginia . To the ...
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