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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 American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the ..., Volume 1

Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1864 - 694 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....Supreme Court, nor do I deny that such decisions must bo binding in any case upon the parties to a suit, as to the object of that suit, while they are also...
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The Political History of the United States of America, During the Great ...

Edward McPherson - Confederate States of America - 1864 - 462 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 sach .decision must be binding, in any case, upon the parties to a suit, as to the object of that suit,...
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History of the Administration of President Lincoln

Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 514 pages
...does, of necessity, fly to anarchy or to depotism. Unanimity is impossible ; the rule of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible...majority principle, anarchy or despotism in some form ia all that is left. I do not forget the position assumed by some, that constitutional questions are...
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History of the Administration of President Lincoln: Including His Speeches ...

Henry Jarvis Raymond - History - 1864 - 492 pages
...does, of necessity, fly to anarchy or to depotism. Unanimity is impossible ; the rule of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible;...rejecting the majority principle, anarchy or despotism hi some form is all that is left. I do not forget the position assumed by some, that constitutional...
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National Jewels: Washington, Lincoln, and the Fathers of the Revolution

1865 - 138 pages
...secession is the essence of anarchy. "A majority held in restraint by constitutional check and limitation, and always changing easily with deliberate changes...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 a very high respect and consideration...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States ...

Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 506 pages
...secession is the essence of anarchy. "A majority held in restraint by constitutional check und limitation, and always changing easily with deliberate changes...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 a very high respect and consideration...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and ...

Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 878 pages
...secession is the essence of anarchy. A majority held in restraint by constitutional check and limitation, and always changing easily with deliberate changes...are to b,e decided by the Supreme Court, nor do I deny-that such decisions must be binding in any case upon the parties to a suit, as to the object of...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln: Sixteenth President of the United States ...

Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 498 pages
...and always changing easily with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments, is the oaly true sovereign of a free people. Whoever rejects it,...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 a very high respect and consideration...
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Abraham Lincoln: His Life and Public Services

Phebe Ann Hanaford - Presidents United States Biography - 1865 - 232 pages
...a free people. Whoever rejects it, does, of necessity, fly to anarchy or to despotism. Unanimity ia impossible : the rule of a majority, as a permanent...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 a very high respect and...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and ...

Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 972 pages
...is the essence of anarchy. A majority held in restraint by constitutional 'check :iuil limitation, and always changing easily with deliberate changes...anarchy or despotism, in some form, is all that is loft. I do not forget the position assumed by some that constitutional questions are to be decided...
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