| David E. Kyvig - Political Science - 2000 - 276 pages
...explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all. . . . This Government, the offspring of our own choice, uninfluenced and...free in its principles, in the distribution of its power, uniting security with energy, and containing within itself a provision for its own amendment,... | |
| Lucas E. Morel - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 272 pages
...Speaking of the new federal government in which he served twice as its chief magistrate, Washington said: "Respect for its authority, compliance with its Laws,...enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true Liberty. . . . But the Constitution which at any time exists, 'till changed by an explicit and authentic act... | |
| Don Higginbotham - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 356 pages
...constitutional settlement of 1787-88 meant, only Hamilton could have put it this way: "This government, the offspring of our own choice uninfluenced and unawed,...amendment, has a just claim to your confidence and support. . . . The very idea of the power and right of the People to establish Government presupposes... | |
| Deborah Homsher - History - 2000 - 264 pages
...his farewell address: This Government, the offspring of your own choice uninfluenced and unawed . . . has a just claim to your confidence and your support....enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true liberty.... Towards the preservation of your Government... it is requisite, not only that you steadily discountenance... | |
| Gleaves Whitney - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 496 pages
...for an intimate union and for the efficacious management of your common concerns. This government, the offspring of our own choice, uninfluenced and...enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true liberty. The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions... | |
| William Barclay Allen, Carol M. Allen - Education - 276 pages
...Washington urges the importance of this virtue eloquently in the Farewell Address: This government. the offspring of our own choice uninfluenced and unawed....enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true Liberty. The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter theirConstitution... | |
| United States. National Archives and Records Administration - History - 2006 - 257 pages
...for an intimate union, and for the efficacious management of your common concerns. This government, the offspring of our own choice, uninfluenced and...enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true liberty. The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their coni.-.^ ...... | |
| John P. Kaminski - Presidents - 2004 - 68 pages
...new government under the Constitution as the culmination of the Revolutionary era. This government, the offspring of our own choice uninfluenced and unawed, adopted upon full investigation & mature deliberation, completely free in its principles, in the distribution of its powers, uniting... | |
| Thomas L. Krannawitter, Daniel C. Palm - History - 2005 - 270 pages
...for an intimate Union, and for the efficacious management of your common concerns. This government, the offspring of our own choice uninfluenced and unawed,...enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true Liberty. The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions... | |
| Washington Irving - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 417 pages
...concerns. — This government, the offspring of our own choice, uninfluenced and unawed, adopted upon (nil investigation and mature deliberation, completely...within itself a provision for its own amendment, has a jost claim to your confidence and your support. — Respect for its authority, compliance with its... | |
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