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... the principal objects of his life ; and that he has owed none of the gradations of his power or fortune to a settled contempt , or oc- casional forfeiture of their esteem . That man who before he comes into power has no 5.
... the principal objects of his life ; and that he has owed none of the gradations of his power or fortune to a settled contempt , or oc- casional forfeiture of their esteem . That man who before he comes into power has no 5.
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... fortunes , will , for both , cheerfully put themselves upon their country . They will trust an inquisitive and distin- guishing parliament ; because it does enquire , and does distinguish . If they act well , they know , that in such a ...
... fortunes , will , for both , cheerfully put themselves upon their country . They will trust an inquisitive and distin- guishing parliament ; because it does enquire , and does distinguish . If they act well , they know , that in such a ...
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... fortune may fluctuate also ; because the public mind , which greatly influences that fortune , may have its changes . We are therefore never au- thorized to abandon our country to its fate , or to act or advise as if it had no resource ...
... fortune may fluctuate also ; because the public mind , which greatly influences that fortune , may have its changes . We are therefore never au- thorized to abandon our country to its fate , or to act or advise as if it had no resource ...
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... fortune of all states , when they , who are too weak to contribute to your prosperity , may be strong enough to complete your ruin . Spoliatis arma supersunt . NATIONAL REPRESENTATION . NOTHING is a due and adequate representation of a ...
... fortune of all states , when they , who are too weak to contribute to your prosperity , may be strong enough to complete your ruin . Spoliatis arma supersunt . NATIONAL REPRESENTATION . NOTHING is a due and adequate representation of a ...
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... fortune out of it . The person he is to treat with , is not , with him , an ad- versary over whom he is to prevail , but a new friend he is to gain : therefore he always systematically be- trays some part of his trust . Instead of ...
... fortune out of it . The person he is to treat with , is not , with him , an ad- versary over whom he is to prevail , but a new friend he is to gain : therefore he always systematically be- trays some part of his trust . Instead of ...
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Página 91 - It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary ideas of criminal justice to this great public contest. I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people.
Página 105 - The pretended rights of these theorists are all extremes ; and in proportion as they are metaphysically true, they are morally and politically false. Th6 rights of men are in a sort of middle, incapable of definition, but not impossible to be discerned. The rights of men in governments are their advantages ; and these are often in balances between differences of good ; in compromises sometimes between good and evil, and sometimes, between evil and evil.
Página 80 - The science of constructing a commonwealth, or renovating it, or reforming it, is, like every other experimental science, not to be taught a priori. Nor is it a short experience that can instruct us in that practical science; because the real effects of moral causes are not always immediate...
Página 41 - Party is a body of men united, for promoting by their joint endeavours the national interest, upon some particular principle...
Página 75 - It is therefore our business carefully to cultivate in our minds, to rear to the most perfect vigour and maturity, every sort of generous and honest feeling that belongs to our nature. To bring the dispositions that are lovely in private life into the service and conduct of the commonwealth ; so to be patriots, as not to forget we are gentlemen.
Página 101 - If civil society be made for the advantage of man, all the advantages for which it is made become his right.
Página 26 - To be attached to the subdivision, to love the little platoon we belong to in society, is the first principle (the germ as it were) of public affections. It is the first link in the series by which we proceed towards a love to our country, and to mankind.
Página 103 - ... inclinations of men should frequently be thwarted, their will controlled, and their passions brought into subjection. This can only be done by a power out of themselves ; and not, in the exercise of its function, subject to that will and to those passions which it is its office to bridle and sub102 due. In this sense the restraints on men, as well as their liberties, are to be reckoned among their rights.
Página 139 - Had it pleased God to continue to me the hopes of succession, I should have been, according to my mediocrity and the mediocrity of the age I live in, a sort of founder of...