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... popular mind ; and its " riddle , " for the reason , that the political premises and ideas on which they have acted , and which once the world applauded , are now seen to be erroneous and productive of great evils . The author had to ...
... popular mind ; and its " riddle , " for the reason , that the political premises and ideas on which they have acted , and which once the world applauded , are now seen to be erroneous and productive of great evils . The author had to ...
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... popular sovereignty the absolutism which was imbedded in it . But there was another impediment to the adoption of the true idea of an ethical popular totality of the people , in the transfer to America of British modes in carrying on ...
... popular sovereignty the absolutism which was imbedded in it . But there was another impediment to the adoption of the true idea of an ethical popular totality of the people , in the transfer to America of British modes in carrying on ...
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... popular sovereignty is still the cloak for stealing absolute power for government ; that the Irish still hate the English and love Catholicism and go on sprees ; that the English and Scotch are British still ; and that the Germans are ...
... popular sovereignty is still the cloak for stealing absolute power for government ; that the Irish still hate the English and love Catholicism and go on sprees ; that the English and Scotch are British still ; and that the Germans are ...
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... popular favor . The outcome was a more and more spoiled people , and a more and more corrupt body of officials . Before the people opened to men a public career they said to them , " First fall down and worship me . " On the other hand ...
... popular favor . The outcome was a more and more spoiled people , and a more and more corrupt body of officials . Before the people opened to men a public career they said to them , " First fall down and worship me . " On the other hand ...
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... popular votes out of 4,680 , 193. His electoral majority of fifty - seven electoral votes stood opposite to a popular majority against him of 947,289 popular votes ! Thus the logic of facts and events marks the illogic of erroneous ...
... popular votes out of 4,680 , 193. His electoral majority of fifty - seven electoral votes stood opposite to a popular majority against him of 947,289 popular votes ! Thus the logic of facts and events marks the illogic of erroneous ...
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Page 570 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it...
Page 287 - It shall be the duty of the Legislature to provide for the organization of cities and incorporated villages, and to restrict their power of taxation, assessment, borrowing money, contracting debts, and loaning their credit, so as to prevent abuses in assessments and in contracting debt by such municipal corporations...
Page 369 - The credit of the State shall not, in any manner, be given or loaned to, or in aid of, any individual, association or corporation...
Page 590 - The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals: it is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants with each citizen, and each citizen with the whole people, that all shall be governed by certain laws for the common good.
Page 341 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Page 57 - And Whereas it hath pleased the Great Governor of the World to incline the hearts of the legislatures we respectively represent in congress, to approve of, and to authorize us to ratify the said articles of confederation and perpetual union.
Page 279 - God, and for the support and maintenance of public Protestant teachers of piety, religion, and morality, in all cases where such provision shall not be made voluntarily.
Page 316 - The duties of all public officers are, or, at least, admit of being made, so plain and simple, that men of intelligence may readily qualify themselves for their performance...
Page 454 - Towards the preservation of your government and the permanency of your present happy state, it is requisite, not only that you steadily discountenance irregular oppositions to its acknowledged authority, but also that you resist with care the spirit of innovation upon its principles, however specious the pretexts. One method of assault may be to effect, in the forms of the Constitution, alterations which will impair the energy of the system; and thus to undermine what cannot be directly overthrown.
Page 93 - May next, to take into consideration the situation of the United States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the union...