Democracy in America: In Relation to Political InstitutionsE. Walker, 1850 - 460 páginas |
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... Affairs , by the American Democracy ... 233 CHAPTER XIV . 6 What the real Advantages are which American Society derives from the Government of the Democracy ..... 238 S General Tendency of the Laws under the Rule of the Ame- rican ...
... Affairs , by the American Democracy ... 233 CHAPTER XIV . 6 What the real Advantages are which American Society derives from the Government of the Democracy ..... 238 S General Tendency of the Laws under the Rule of the Ame- rican ...
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... affairs . The transactions of business opened a new road to power , and the financier rose to a station of political influence in which he was at once flattered and despised . Gradually the spread of mental acquirements , and the in ...
... affairs . The transactions of business opened a new road to power , and the financier rose to a station of political influence in which he was at once flattered and despised . Gradually the spread of mental acquirements , and the in ...
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... affairs is to educate the democracy ; to warm its faith , if that be possible ; to purify its morals ; to direct its energies ; to substitute a knowledge of business for its inexperience , and an acquaintance with its true interests for ...
... affairs is to educate the democracy ; to warm its faith , if that be possible ; to purify its morals ; to direct its energies ; to substitute a knowledge of business for its inexperience , and an acquaintance with its true interests for ...
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... affairs . have sought to discover the evils and the advantages which it produces . I have examined the precautions used by the Americans to direct it , as well as those which they have not adopted , and I have undertaken to point out ...
... affairs . have sought to discover the evils and the advantages which it produces . I have examined the precautions used by the Americans to direct it , as well as those which they have not adopted , and I have undertaken to point out ...
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... affairs . Puritanism , as I have * This rock is become an object of veneration in the United States . I have seen bits of it carefully preserved in several towns of the Union . Does not this sufficiently show that all human power and ...
... affairs . Puritanism , as I have * This rock is become an object of veneration in the United States . I have seen bits of it carefully preserved in several towns of the Union . Does not this sufficiently show that all human power and ...
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Página 32 - King, defender of the faith, &c., having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do, by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid...
Página 236 - The nation which indulges towards another an habitual 'hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.
Página 236 - It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world ; so far I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it ; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.
Página 152 - When occasions present themselves, in which the interests of the people are at variance with their inclinations, it is the duty of the persons whom they have appointed, to be the guardians of those interests ; to withstand the temporary delusion, in order to give them time and opportunity for more cool and sedate reflection.
Página 459 - It hath sovereign and uncontrollable authority in the making, confirming, enlarging, restraining, abrogating, repealing, reviving, and expounding of laws, concerning matters of all possible denominations, ecclesiastical or temporal, civil, military, maritime, or criminal: this being the place where that absolute despotic power, which must in all governments reside somewhere, is entrusted by the constitution of these kingdoms.
Página 152 - The republican principle demands that the deliberate sense of the community should govern the conduct of those to whom they intrust the management of their affairs ; but it does not require an unqualified complaisance to every sudden breeze of passion, or to every transient impulse which the people may receive from the arts of men, who flatter their prejudices to betray their interests.
Página 274 - It is of great importance in a republic not only to guard the society against the oppression of its rulers, but to guard one part of the society against the injustice of the other part.
Página 361 - ... succeed in wholly depriving it of its rights ; but the Americans of the United States have accomplished this twofold purpose with singular felicity ; tranquilly, legally, philanthropically, without shedding blood, and without violating a single great principle of morality in the eyes of the world. f It is impossible to destroy men with more respect for the laws of humanity.
Página 1 - Amongst the novel objects that attracted my attention during my stay in the United States, nothing struck me more forcibly than the general equality of condition among the people.
Página 65 - ... the balance of powers, and collects clear practical notions on the nature of his duties and the extent of his rights.