The English ConstitutionH. S. King & Company, 1872 - 291 páginas A classic study of the British constitution, paying special attention to how Parliament and the monarchy work. The author frequently draws comparisons with the American Constitution, being generally critical of the American system of government. |
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... choose ? And each of those rich people was put forward by great parties whose notions were the notions of the rich - whose plans were their plans . The electors only selected one or two wealthy men to carry out the schemes of one or two ...
... choose ? And each of those rich people was put forward by great parties whose notions were the notions of the rich - whose plans were their plans . The electors only selected one or two wealthy men to carry out the schemes of one or two ...
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... choose with absolute freedom what topics they will deal with , and what they will not . I am , of course , aware that they choose under stringent conditions . In excited states of the public mind they have scarcely a discretion at all ...
... choose with absolute freedom what topics they will deal with , and what they will not . I am , of course , aware that they choose under stringent conditions . In excited states of the public mind they have scarcely a discretion at all ...
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... chooses to accept and reiterate the decisions of that ignorance , he is only the hireling of the nation , and does little save hurt it . I shall be told that this is very obvious , and that everybody knows that 2 and 2 make 4 , and that ...
... chooses to accept and reiterate the decisions of that ignorance , he is only the hireling of the nation , and does little save hurt it . I shall be told that this is very obvious , and that everybody knows that 2 and 2 make 4 , and that ...
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... choose men nor measures . The French assemblies under the Restored Monarchy seem to have been quieter , probably because being elected from a limited constituency they did not contain so many sec- tions of opinion ; they had fewer ...
... choose men nor measures . The French assemblies under the Restored Monarchy seem to have been quieter , probably because being elected from a limited constituency they did not contain so many sec- tions of opinion ; they had fewer ...
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... choose as he likes , and does choose . Neither in the selection of his Cabinet nor in the management of the Chamber , is M. Thiers guided as a similar person in common circumstances would have to be guided . He is the exception of a ...
... choose as he likes , and does choose . Neither in the selection of his Cabinet nor in the management of the Chamber , is M. Thiers guided as a similar person in common circumstances would have to be guided . He is the exception of a ...
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