| 1791 - 508 Seiten
...what a free government is, 1 anfwer, that. for any praftical purpofe, it is what the people think fo; and that they, and not I, are the natural, lawful, and competent judges of this matter.'' .In this elegant ftyle of polite irony does the refpectable and learned Baronet addrefs Mr. Burke from... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1792 - 676 Seiten
...what a free government is, I anfwer, that, for any pra&ical purpofe, it is what the people think fo ; and that they, and not I, are the natural, lawful, and competent judges of this matter. If they practically allow me a greater degree of authority over them than is confiftent with any correct... | |
| 1795 - 432 Seiten
...save itself from injustice and oppression, is an object respectable in the eyes of Gtd and man.— If any ask me what a free government is, I, answer, that, for any practical purpose, it is what p the the people think so; and that they, and not I, are the natural, lawful, and competent judges... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1801 - 368 Seiten
...what a free government is, I anfwer, that, for any practical purpofe, it is what the people think fo ; and that they, and not I, are the natural, lawful, and competent judges of this matter. If they practically allow me a greater degree of authority over them than is confrftent with any correct... | |
| Nathaniel Chapman - 1807 - 484 Seiten
...to any honest statesman, how he ought to adapt whatever power he finds in his hands to their case. If any ask me what a free government is, I answer, that it is what the people think so ; and that they, and not I, are the natural, lawful, and competent judges... | |
| Nathaniel Chapman - 1807 - 492 Seiten
...to any honest statesman, how he ought to adapt whatever power he finds in his hands to their case. If any ask me what a free government is, I answer, that it is what the people think so ; and that they, and not I, are the natural, lawful, and competent judges... | |
| 1808 - 542 Seiten
...enough to any honest statesman how he ought to adapt whatever power he finds in his hands to their case. If any ask me what a free government is ? I answer,...think so; and that they, and not I, are the natural. t ral, lawful, and competent judges of this matter. If they practically allow me a greater degree of... | |
| Thomas Browne (LL.D.) - 1810 - 516 Seiten
...enough to any honest statesman how he ought to adapt whatever power he finds in his hands to their case. If any ask me what a free government is ? I answer,...natural, lawful, and competent judges of this matter. If they practically allow me a greater degree of authority over them than is consistent with any correct... | |
| Thomas Erskine (1st baron.) - 1810 - 478 Seiten
...any honest " statesman, how he ought to adapt whatever power " he finds in his hands to their case. If any ask ." me what a free government is, I answer, THAT " IT IS WHAT THE PEOPLE THINK SO ; AND THAT " THEY, AND NOT I, ARE THE NATURAL, LAWFUL, *' AND COMPETENT... | |
| Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - 1810 - 470 Seiten
...any honest " statesman, how he ought to adapt whatever power " he finds in his hands to their case. If any ask " me what a free government is, I answer, THAT " IT IS WHAT THE PEOPLE THINK SO ; AND THAT " THEY, AND NOT I, ARE THE NATURAL, LAWFUL, " AND COMPETENT... | |
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