 | 1852 - 746 pages
...virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government, he adds on the subject of Education : " Promote then as an object of primary importance Institutions...knowledge. — In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened".... | |
 | William Hickey - Constitutional history - 1852 - 586 pages
...religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice 1 And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that...of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a Government gives force to public opinion, it ia essential that public opinion should be enlightened.... | |
 | George Washington - 1852 - 76 pages
...ojfentlid)e SKeinnng fottte ebenfatt^ ^terjn mit^ twrfen* Um il)nen bte (grfitanng il)rer ^ptd)t $n with indifference upon attempts to shake the foundation...of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to publfe opinion^ it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.... | |
 | Joseph Bartlett Burleigh - Parliamentary practice - 1853 - 354 pages
...forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle. — "Tis substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary...knowledge. — In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.]... | |
 | William L. Hickey - Constitutional history - 1853 - 588 pages
...sincere friend to it, can look with indifference upon attempts to shake the foundation of the fabric t Promote, then, as an object of primary importance,...of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a Government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.... | |
 | Henry Clay Watson - United States - 1854 - 1012 pages
...the way in which the constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation ; for though this, in one instance, may be the instrument of good,...of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.... | |
 | United States. President - United States - 1854 - 616 pages
...them. A volume could not trace all their connexion with private and public felicity. Let it be simply asked, where is the security for property, for reputation,...of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives forca to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.... | |
 | William Hickey - Constitutional history - 1854 - 590 pages
...instruments of investigation in courts of justice ? And let us with caution indulge the supposition, thai morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever...of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a Government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.... | |
 | William Hickey - Constitutional history - 1854 - 580 pages
...investigation in courts of justice ? And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can he maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded...of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a Government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.... | |
 | Jonathan French - 1854 - 534 pages
...to shake the foundation of the fabric? Promote, then, as an object of primary importance mstitutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion...cherish public credit. One method of preserving it, is t« use it as sparingly as possible, avoiding occasions of expense by cultivating peace, but remembering,... | |
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It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government. Who that is a sincere friend to it, can look with indifference upon attempts... 
