The English ConstitutionKegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1900 - 292 páginas |
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Página xxii
... defect of imagination , and expose an incapacity for dealing with men which would be a great hindrance to him in his calling . But much argument is not required to guide the public , still less a formal exposition of that argument ...
... defect of imagination , and expose an incapacity for dealing with men which would be a great hindrance to him in his calling . But much argument is not required to guide the public , still less a formal exposition of that argument ...
Página xl
... defects in it . The first is that it may not be a remedy at all ; it may be only a punish- ment . A Minister may risk his dismissal ; he may do some act difficult to undo , and then all which may be left will be to remove and censure ...
... defects in it . The first is that it may not be a remedy at all ; it may be only a punish- ment . A Minister may risk his dismissal ; he may do some act difficult to undo , and then all which may be left will be to remove and censure ...
Página xlii
... defect . If the Administration had in both Houses a majority - not a mechanical majority ready to accept anything , but a fair and reasonable one , predis- posed to think the Government right , but not ready to find it to be so in the ...
... defect . If the Administration had in both Houses a majority - not a mechanical majority ready to accept anything , but a fair and reasonable one , predis- posed to think the Government right , but not ready to find it to be so in the ...
Página xlvi
... deal with . In abstract theory these defects in our present practice would seem exceedingly great , but in practice they are not so . English statesmen and English parties have really xlvi INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION .
... deal with . In abstract theory these defects in our present practice would seem exceedingly great , but in practice they are not so . English statesmen and English parties have really xlvi INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION .
Página lxvii
... defects of Parliamentary Government probably is the difficulty under it of maintaining a surplus revenue to discharge debt , and this defect Presidential Government escapes , though at the cost of being likely to maintain that sur- plus ...
... defects of Parliamentary Government probably is the difficulty under it of maintaining a surplus revenue to discharge debt , and this defect Presidential Government escapes , though at the cost of being likely to maintain that sur- plus ...
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