 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay - United States - 1882 - 740 pages
...in the majority. " All ,,is innugu. will bear in mind," he said, " this sacred principle, that ral though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to lie rightful, must be reasonable : that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Readers (Elementary) - 1882 - 558 pages
...principle, that, though the will of the majority ia in all cases to prevail, that will, to be right, must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate which would be oppression. 2. Let us, then, fellow-citizens, unite... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - Presidents - 1887 - 560 pages
...arrange themselves1 under the will of the law, and unite in common efforts for the common good. All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that...the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate which would be oppression. Let us, then, fellow-citizens, unite with... | |
 | Charles Francis Richardson - American literature - 1886 - 568 pages
...government the principles of a liberty broad but never designed to be communistic or levelling : " All will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though...the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate which would be oppression. ... I know, indeed, that some honest men... | |
 | Charles Francis Richardson - American literature - 1889 - 572 pages
...government the principles of a liberty broad but never designed to be communistic or levelling : " All will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though...the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate which would be oppression. ... I know, indeed, that some honest men... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay - United States - 1892 - 808 pages
...govern now that the Democrats were in the majority. " All IIU inaugu. will bear in mind," he said, " this sacred principle, that "'• though the will...the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate would be oppression." Again he said : " We have called by different... | |
 | Charles Francis Richardson - American literature - 1888 - 1044 pages
...a liberty broad but never designed to be communistic or levelling : " All will bear in mind t'~.is sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to pre vail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable ; that the minority possess their equal rights,... | |
 | 1901 - 736 pages
...the standard of the law, and would meet invasions of the public order as his own concern. . . . "All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that...the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate which would be oppression. . . . "Still one thing more, fellow-citizens... | |
 | Allen Clapp Thomas - United States - 1895 - 606 pages
...experiment of government which the people of the United States were 160 trying would be a success. He said that, " though the will of the majority is in all...reasonable, that the minority possess their equal rights. . . . Every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. . . . We are all Republicans, we... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf, John Porter Lamberton - Biography - 1894 - 460 pages
...arrange themselves under the will of the law, and unite in common efforts for the common good. All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that,...be rightful, must be reasonable ; that the minority possesses their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate which would be oppression.... | |
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All too will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable ; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate... 
