The English ConstitutionOxford University Press, 1928 - 312 páginas |
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... despotic ; and consequently , if a crisis comes upon us soon after he is elected , inevitably we have government by an unknown quantity - the superintendence of that crisis by what our great satirist would have called ' Statesman X ...
... despotic ; and consequently , if a crisis comes upon us soon after he is elected , inevitably we have government by an unknown quantity - the superintendence of that crisis by what our great satirist would have called ' Statesman X ...
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... despotic . In such a case cabinet government would go on without friction whether there was a queen or whether there was no queen . The best sovereign could then achieve no good , and the worst effect no harm . But the difficulties are ...
... despotic . In such a case cabinet government would go on without friction whether there was a queen or whether there was no queen . The best sovereign could then achieve no good , and the worst effect no harm . But the difficulties are ...
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... of a discerning statesman , his influence would have been despotic . The old Constitution of England undoubtedly gave a sort of power to the Crown which our present Constitution does not give . While a 68 THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION.
... of a discerning statesman , his influence would have been despotic . The old Constitution of England undoubtedly gave a sort of power to the Crown which our present Constitution does not give . While a 68 THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION.
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... despotic statesman , who can lay down plans for ages yet unborn , is a fancy generated by the pride of the human intellect to which facts give no support . The plans of Charlemagne died with him ; those of Richelieu were mistaken ...
... despotic statesman , who can lay down plans for ages yet unborn , is a fancy generated by the pride of the human intellect to which facts give no support . The plans of Charlemagne died with him ; those of Richelieu were mistaken ...
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... despotic monarchy on the permanence in the descendants of the peculiar genius which founded the race . As far as experience goes , there is no reason to expect an hereditary series of useful limited monarchs . If we look to theory ...
... despotic monarchy on the permanence in the descendants of the peculiar genius which founded the race . As far as experience goes , there is no reason to expect an hereditary series of useful limited monarchs . If we look to theory ...
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