The Spirit of DemocracyHoughton Mifflin, 1910 - 215 Seiten |
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... says Rousseau , " gives to every man absolute power over the mem- bers of his body , the social pact gives the social body absolute power over all its members . " The despotism of an unrestrained mob proved to be as despotic as that of ...
... says Rousseau , " gives to every man absolute power over the mem- bers of his body , the social pact gives the social body absolute power over all its members . " The despotism of an unrestrained mob proved to be as despotic as that of ...
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... says Mr. Lecky , " expresses admirably the best spirit of American statesmanship when it states that the sole and only legitimate end of government is to protect the citizen in the en- joyment of life , liberty , and property , and when ...
... says Mr. Lecky , " expresses admirably the best spirit of American statesmanship when it states that the sole and only legitimate end of government is to protect the citizen in the en- joyment of life , liberty , and property , and when ...
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... says Professor Dun- ning , " was held to be an immediate corollary of the principle that every man was by nature free and could be subjected to government only by his consent ; for government must be by law , and law must be the will of ...
... says Professor Dun- ning , " was held to be an immediate corollary of the principle that every man was by nature free and could be subjected to government only by his consent ; for government must be by law , and law must be the will of ...
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Lyman Abbott. was no real minority and could be none . Says Rousseau : - When a law is proposed in an assembly of the people , what is asked of them is not exactly whether they ap- prove of the proposition or whether they reject it , but ...
Lyman Abbott. was no real minority and could be none . Says Rousseau : - When a law is proposed in an assembly of the people , what is asked of them is not exactly whether they ap- prove of the proposition or whether they reject it , but ...
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... say that she simply suggests that it would be better for the husband and wife to try the experi- ment for a year , and , if it failed , try again , than to be permanently married and to separate at the end of the year by means of a ...
... say that she simply suggests that it would be better for the husband and wife to try the experi- ment for a year , and , if it failed , try again , than to be permanently married and to separate at the end of the year by means of a ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 17 - What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Seite 51 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
Seite 150 - Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. Capital has its rights, which are as worthy of protection as any other rights.
Seite 115 - If ever the free institutions of America are destroyed,. that event may be attributed to the unlimited authority of the majority, which may at some future time urge the minorities to desperation, and oblige them to have recourse to physical force. Anarchy will then be the result, but it will have been brought about by despotism.
Seite 51 - She is like the merchants' ships ; she bringeth her food from afar. She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth...
Seite 173 - When the white man governs himself, that is self-government ; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government — that is despotism. If the negro is a man, why then my ancient faith teaches me that " all men are created equal," and that there can be no moral right in connection with one man's making a slave of another.
Seite 43 - Thus the whole education of women ought to be relative to men. To | please them, to be useful to them, to make themselves loved and honored by them, to educate them when young, to care for them when grown, to counsel them, to console them, and to make life agreeable and sweet to them— these are the duties of women at all times, and what should be taught them from their infancy.
Seite 47 - As unto the bow the cord is, So unto the man is woman, Though she bends him she obeys him, Though she draws him, yet she follows, Useless each without the other...
Seite 42 - By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law: that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband...
Seite 192 - Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution, never to violate in the least particular, the laws of the country; and never to tolerate their violation by others.