Eighty Years of Republican Government in the United StatesJohn Murray, 1868 - 288 Seiten |
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... natural - born citizen , or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of the Constitution , that he shall be not less than thirty - five years of age , and have been fourteen years a resident of the United States . He ...
... natural - born citizen , or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of the Constitution , that he shall be not less than thirty - five years of age , and have been fourteen years a resident of the United States . He ...
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... natural balance of parties . A President who turns the weapons of office against those who elected him will necessarily be a thorn in their sides in every exercise of his authority . It is one of the penalties of making an indiscreet or ...
... natural balance of parties . A President who turns the weapons of office against those who elected him will necessarily be a thorn in their sides in every exercise of his authority . It is one of the penalties of making an indiscreet or ...
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... natural operation of the suffrage is partly the cause of this , but it must also be referred to the fact that political life in America is not usually an object of ambition with the well - informed classes . The independent member of ...
... natural operation of the suffrage is partly the cause of this , but it must also be referred to the fact that political life in America is not usually an object of ambition with the well - informed classes . The independent member of ...
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... natural consequence , power will accumulate in the hands of Congress , and the States must sacrifice some portion of their former functions in order that they may be welded together in a solid body , and thus reveal an unbroken front to ...
... natural consequence , power will accumulate in the hands of Congress , and the States must sacrifice some portion of their former functions in order that they may be welded together in a solid body , and thus reveal an unbroken front to ...
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... natural order of things ; they load the edifice of society by setting up in the air what the solidity of the structure requires to be on the ground . " - Burke's ' Reflections on the Revolution in France . ' CHAP . VII . EQUAL SUFFRAGE ...
... natural order of things ; they load the edifice of society by setting up in the air what the solidity of the structure requires to be on the ground . " - Burke's ' Reflections on the Revolution in France . ' CHAP . VII . EQUAL SUFFRAGE ...
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Seite 16 - The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men at all times and under all circumstances. No doctrine involving more pernicious consequences was ever invented by the wit of man than that any of its provisions can be suspended during any of the great exigencies of government.
Seite 220 - She was dead. No sleep so beautiful and calm, so free from trace of pain, so fair to look upon. She seemed a creature fresh from the hand of God, and waiting for the breath of life — not one who had lived and suffered death. Her couch was dressed with here and there some winter berries and green leaves, gathered in a spot she had been used to favor. " When I die, put near me something that has loved the light, and had the sky above it always.
Seite 191 - That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other.
Seite 20 - CHARLES) Principles of Geology; or, the Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants considered as illustrative of Geology.
Seite 3 - More Worlds than One. The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian.
Seite 78 - It is agreed on all sides, that the powers properly belonging to one of the departments ought not to be directly and completely administered by either of the other departments. It is equally evident, that none of them ought to possess, directly or indirectly, an overruling influence over the others, in the administration of their respective powers.
Seite 169 - I do not hesitate to say that the road to eminence and power, from obscure condition, ought not to be made too easy, nor a thing too much of course. If rare merit be the rarest of all rare things, it ought to pass through some sort of probation.
Seite 19 - Friends and Contemporaries of the Lord Chancellor Clarendon, illustrative of Portraits in his Gallery. "With a Descriptive Account of the Pictures, and Origin of the Collection.
Seite 190 - And no subject shall be hurt, molested, or restrained, in his person, liberty, or estate, for worshipping GOD in the manner and season most agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience; or for his religious profession or sentiments; provided he doth not disturb the public peace, or obstruct others in their religious worship.
Seite 161 - Complaints are everywhere heard from our most considerate and virtuous citizens, equally the friends of public and private faith, and of public and personal liberty, that our governments are too unstable, that the public good is disregarded in the conflicts of rival parties, and that measures are too often decided, not according to the rules of justice and the rights of the minor party, but by the superior force of an interested and overbearing majority.