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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... elected member of Parliament , Conservative or Liberal , can ven- ture to say , that I am exceedingly afraid of the ignorant multitude of the new constituencies . I wish to have as great and as compact a power as possible to resist it ...
... elected member of Parliament , Conservative or Liberal , can ven- ture to say , that I am exceedingly afraid of the ignorant multitude of the new constituencies . I wish to have as great and as compact a power as possible to resist it ...
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... elected assembly of rich men were thwarted by a nominated assembly of talkers and writers . Sensible men of substantial means are what we wish to be ruled by , and a peerage of genius would not compare with it in power . It is true ...
... elected assembly of rich men were thwarted by a nominated assembly of talkers and writers . Sensible men of substantial means are what we wish to be ruled by , and a peerage of genius would not compare with it in power . It is true ...
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... elected from a limited constituency they did not contain so many sec- tions of opinion ; they had fewer irritants and fewer species of irritability . But the assemblies of the '48 Republic were disorderly in the extreme . I saw the last ...
... elected from a limited constituency they did not contain so many sec- tions of opinion ; they had fewer irritants and fewer species of irritability . But the assemblies of the '48 Republic were disorderly in the extreme . I saw the last ...
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... elected in one way , at one time , and Congress ( no matter which House ) is elected in another way , at another time . The two have nothing to bind them together , and in matter of fact , they continually disagree . This was written in ...
... elected in one way , at one time , and Congress ( no matter which House ) is elected in another way , at another time . The two have nothing to bind them together , and in matter of fact , they continually disagree . This was written in ...
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... elected yesterday , and will have to reject or re - elect to - morrow . - In finance the most striking effect in America has , on the first view of it , certainly been good . It has enabled the Government to obtain and to keep a vast ...
... elected yesterday , and will have to reject or re - elect to - morrow . - In finance the most striking effect in America has , on the first view of it , certainly been good . It has enabled the Government to obtain and to keep a vast ...
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