 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1882 - 594 Seiten
...politicians, and to revive a high sense of party discipline. ' Party,' he said in a very striking passage, ' is a body of men united for promoting by their joint...the national interest upon some particular principle i Bvrhe's Corrctpondenee, i. 251. 296-307, 318-321. Albemarle's Life See on the other side Chatham... | |
 | 1883 - 948 Seiten
...the two subjects. Party jealousy declares that they should be tied together. " Party," said Burke, " is a body of men united for promoting, by their joint...national interest, upon some particular principle upon which they are all agreed." That definition excludes the hope of working for the national interest... | |
 | 1884 - 946 Seiten
...outset that our defiaition of Party should be quite free from ambiguity. Mr. Burke describes Party as " a body of men united for promoting, by their joint...national interest, upon some particular principle." If the actual manifestations of Party life strictly corresponded with this account of it, there would... | |
 | Alexander Charles Ewald - 1884 - 668 Seiten
...division of public men. From such doctrine Burke dissented. Party was a necessity. " Party," said Burke, " is a body of men united for promoting by their joint endeavours the national interest upon some paricular principle in which they are all agreed. For my part I find it impossible to conceive that... | |
 | John Joseph Lalor - 1884 - 1254 Seiten
...government. Burke's definition, "Party is a body of men united in promoting by their joint endeavors the national interest upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed," was accurately applicable to the small and coherent body of electors which ho represented. While remaining... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1886 - 276 Seiten
...company if he does not agree with them at least nine times in ten.— Thoughts on Pres. Discontents. Party is a body of men united, for promoting by their...particular principle in which they are all agreed.— Thoughts on Pres. Discontents. Kvery profession, not excepting the glorious one of a soldier or the... | |
 | Sydney Edward Williams - 1886 - 168 Seiten
...take a clearer and juster view of its object and limits. " Party," says Burke in a well-known passage, "is a body of men united for promoting by their joint...particular principle in which they are all agreed." And to the institution as thus denned little exception can be taken. But it is manifestly of the essence... | |
 | 1886 - 608 Seiten
...Peloponnesian. 19. The passage from Burke is rightly given by thirty-four members, and is as follows : ' Party is a body of men united for promoting, by their joint endeavours, the national interest, upon Mme particular principle in which they are all agreed ' (Prêtent Discontents'). Moonraker is severe... | |
 | Royal Statistical Society (Great Britain) - 1896 - 912 Seiten
...purpose it is immaterial whether we agree with the somewhat Olympian definition given by Burke that a party is " a body of men united for promoting by their joint " endeavours the national interests upon some particular principle " on which they are agreed," or whether wo hold the view of... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1887 - 574 Seiten
...resolution to stand or fall together should, by placemen, be interpreted into a scuffle for places. Party is a body of men united for promoting by their joint endeavors the national interest upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed. For my... | |
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Party is a body of men united, for promoting by their joint endeavours the national interest, upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed. 
