The English Constitution, and Other Political EssaysAppleton, 1893 - 468 páginas |
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... known . Its title , however , is so little suggestive of its real character , and is so certain to repel and mislead American readers , that , in bringing out a new and cheaper edition of it , at this time , some prefatory words may be ...
... known . Its title , however , is so little suggestive of its real character , and is so certain to repel and mislead American readers , that , in bringing out a new and cheaper edition of it , at this time , some prefatory words may be ...
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... . At present the Government which negotiates a treaty can hardly be said to be accountable to any one . It is sure to be subjected to vague censure . Benjamin Franklin 6 said , " I have never known a peace 38 THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION .
... . At present the Government which negotiates a treaty can hardly be said to be accountable to any one . It is sure to be subjected to vague censure . Benjamin Franklin 6 said , " I have never known a peace 38 THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION .
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Walter Bagehot. 6 said , " I have never known a peace made , even the most advantageous , that was not censured as inadequate , and the makers condemned as injudicious or corrupt . Blessed are the peace - makers ' is , I suppose , to be ...
Walter Bagehot. 6 said , " I have never known a peace made , even the most advantageous , that was not censured as inadequate , and the makers condemned as injudicious or corrupt . Blessed are the peace - makers ' is , I suppose , to be ...
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... known to hold " mediæval principles " to a com- mittee wedded to " classical principles . " Still , upon the whole , I think the augmentation of the power of the Peers might be risked without real fear of serious harm . Our present ...
... known to hold " mediæval principles " to a com- mittee wedded to " classical principles . " Still , upon the whole , I think the augmentation of the power of the Peers might be risked without real fear of serious harm . Our present ...
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... known to be able to handle Parliaments and to govern Parliaments , M. Thiers was the only one still physically able to begin again to do so . The miracle is , that at seventy - four even he should still be able . As no other great chief ...
... known to be able to handle Parliaments and to govern Parliaments , M. Thiers was the only one still physically able to begin again to do so . The miracle is , that at seventy - four even he should still be able . As no other great chief ...
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Página 162 - Having once given her sanction to a measure, that it be not arbitrarily altered or modified by the Minister ; such an act she must consider as failing in sincerity towards the Crown, and justly to be visited by the exercise of her Constitutional right of dismissing that Minister.
Página 315 - After five years' work I allowed myself to speculate on the subject, and drew up some short notes. These I enlarged in 1844 into a sketch of the conclusions which then seemed to me probable. From that period to the present day I have steadily pursued the same object. I hope that I may be excused for entering on these personal details, as I give them to show that I have not been hasty in coming to a decision.
Página 44 - ... she could sell off all our ships of war and all our naval stores; she could make a peace by the sacrifice of Cornwall, and begin a war for the conquest of Brittany. She could make every citizen in the United Kingdom, male or female, a peer; she could make every parish in the United Kingdom a 'university'; she could dismiss most of the civil servants; she could pardon all offenders. In a word, the Queen could by prerogative upset all the action of civil government within the government, could...
Página 102 - hyphen which joins, a buckle which fastens the legislative part of the State to the executive part".
Página 98 - The efficient secret of the English Constitution may be described as the close union, the nearly complete fusion, of the executive and legislative powers.