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" Unanimity is impossible ; the rule of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible; so that, rejecting the majority principle, anarchy or despotism in some form is all that is left. "
The Lincoln Memorial: A Record of the Life, Assassination, and Obsequies of ... - Page 32
edited by - 1865 - 288 pages
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The National Political Manual: Comprising Facts and Figures, Historical ...

Erastus Buck Treat - United States - 1872 - 386 pages
...Whoever rejects it, does, of necessity, fly to anarchy or to despotism. Unanimity is impossible; and the rule of a majority, as a permanent arrangement,...decisions must be binding in any case upon the parties to a suit, as to the object of that suit, while they are also entitled to very high respect and consideration...
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The Life of Abraham Lincoln: From His Birth to His Inauguration as ..., Volume 2

Ward Hill Lamon - 1872 - 604 pages
...does, of necessity, fly to anarchy or to despotism. Unanimity is impossible : the rule of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible...decisions must be binding in any case upon the parties to a suit, as to the object of that suit ; while they are also entitled to very high respect and consideration...
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The Life of Abraham Lincoln: From His Birth to His Inauguration as ..., Volume 2

Ward Hill Lamon - 1872 - 630 pages
...Unanimity is impossible : the rule of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible ; BO that, rejecting the majority principle, anarchy or...decisions must be binding in any case upon the parties to a suit, as to the object of that suit ; while they are also entitled to very high respect and consideration...
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Memoir of Roger Brooke Taney, LL.D.: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of ...

Samuel Tyler - Electronic books - 1872 - 674 pages
...would disregard the decision of the Dred Scott case. " I do not forget," said President Lincoln, " the position assumed by some, that constitutional...decided by the Supreme Court; nor do I deny that such decision must be binding, in any case, upon the parties to a suit, while they are also entitled to...
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Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a ..., Volume 1

Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1873 - 786 pages
...does, of necessity, fly to anarchy or to despotism. Unanimity is impossible; the rule of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible...decided by the Supreme Court, nor do I deny that such decision must be binding, in any case, upon the parties to a suit, as to the object of that suit, while...
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Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a ..., Volume 1

Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1873 - 780 pages
...anarchy or to despotism. UIIAnimity is impossible; the rule of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, M wholly inadmissible; so that, rejecting the majority...position assumed by some, that constitutional questions ire to be decided by the Supreme Court, nor do I deny that such decision must be binding, in any case,...
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The Executive Power in the United States: A Study of Constitutional Law

Adolphe de Pineton marquis de Chambrun - Constitutional history - 1874 - 318 pages
...not spoken. And March 4th, 1861, President Lincoln mentions the subject in the following manner: " Constitutional questions are to be decided by the Supreme Court; nor do I deny that such decision must be binding in any case upon the parties to a suit, as to the object of that suit, while...
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American Patriotism: Speeches, Letters, and Other Papers which Illustrate ...

Orators - 1880 - 698 pages
...does, of necessity, fly to anarchy or to despotism. Unanimity is impossible; the rule of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible;...questions are to be decided by the Supreme Court; nor ilo I deny that such decisions must be binding, in any case, upon the parties to a suit, as to the...
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American Patriotism: Speeches, Letters and Other Papers which Illustrate the ...

Orators - 1881 - 710 pages
...does, of necessity, fly to anarchy or to despotism. Unanimity is impossible; the rule of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible;...decisions must be binding, in any case, upon the parties to a suit, as to the object of that suit, while they are also entitled to very high respect and consideration...
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The National Hand-book of American Progress: A Ready Reference Manual of ...

Erastus Otis Haven - United States - 1882 - 582 pages
...Whoever rejects it, does, of necessity, fly to anarchy or to despotism. Unanimity is impossible ; and the rule of a majority, as a permanent arrangement,...decisions must be binding in any case upon the parties to a suit, as to the object of that suit, while they are also entitled to very high respect and consideration...
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