Democracy in America, Volumen1G. Adlard, 1839 - 455 páginas |
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... deprive him of the privileges which he believed to be legitimate , and as the serf looked upon his own inferiority as a consequence of the immutable order of nature , it is easy to imagine that a mutual exchange of good- quality and ...
... deprive him of the privileges which he believed to be legitimate , and as the serf looked upon his own inferiority as a consequence of the immutable order of nature , it is easy to imagine that a mutual exchange of good- quality and ...
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... deprives them of the inclination to attempt it , and compels them in some mea- sure to co - operate with the law in their own extinction . The law of equal distribution proceeds by two methods : by acting upon things , it acts upon ...
... deprives them of the inclination to attempt it , and compels them in some mea- sure to co - operate with the law in their own extinction . The law of equal distribution proceeds by two methods : by acting upon things , it acts upon ...
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... deprives them of the inclination to attempt it , and compels them in some mea- sure to co - operate with the law in their own extinction . The law of equal distribution proceeds by two methods : by acting upon things , it acts upon ...
... deprives them of the inclination to attempt it , and compels them in some mea- sure to co - operate with the law in their own extinction . The law of equal distribution proceeds by two methods : by acting upon things , it acts upon ...
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... depriving the social authority of some of its rights ; the Americans , by dividing its exercise.- Almost all the administration confined to the township , and divided among the town officers . - No trace of an administrative hierarchy ...
... depriving the social authority of some of its rights ; the Americans , by dividing its exercise.- Almost all the administration confined to the township , and divided among the town officers . - No trace of an administrative hierarchy ...
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... deprive him of his charge . This sys- tem undoubtedly possesses great advantages , but its execution is attend- ed with a practical difficulty which it is important to point out . I have already observed that the administrative tribunal ...
... deprive him of his charge . This sys- tem undoubtedly possesses great advantages , but its execution is attend- ed with a practical difficulty which it is important to point out . I have already observed that the administrative tribunal ...
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Página 186 - ... the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon to be scrupulously respected; when belligerent nations, under the impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel.
Página 185 - Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves by artificial ties in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities. Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course.
Página 23 - In the name of God, amen. We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign Lord King James, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, etc., 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...
Página 186 - 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 23 - And for the season it was winter, and they that know the winters of that country know them to be sharp and violent, and subject to cruel and fierce storms, dangerous to travel to known places, much more to search an unknown coast. Besides, what could they see but a hideous and desolate wilderness, full of wild beasts and wild men— and what multitudes there might be of them they knew not.
Página 185 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Página 91 - The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce; with which last the power of taxation will, for the most part, be connected. The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties,...
Página 186 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own, to stand upon foreign ground? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?
Página 23 - God, and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid, and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony ; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Página 239 - States, the sovereign authority is religious, and consequently hypocrisy must be common ; but there is no country in the world where the Christian religion retains a greater influence over the souls of men than in America...