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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... American political character . Few nations , perhaps scarcely any nation , could have borne such a trial so easily ... America since the beginning of the civil war , and since the first publication of these essays , on lviii ...
... American political character . Few nations , perhaps scarcely any nation , could have borne such a trial so easily ... America since the beginning of the civil war , and since the first publication of these essays , on lviii ...
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... American financial history exemplifies the con- trast between a Parliamentary and a Presidential Govern- ment . The distinguishing quality of Parliamentary Govern- ment is , that in each stage of a public transaction there is a ...
... American financial history exemplifies the con- trast between a Parliamentary and a Presidential Govern- ment . The distinguishing quality of Parliamentary Govern- ment is , that in each stage of a public transaction there is a ...
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... America has , on the first view of it , certainly been good . It has enabled the Government to obtain and to keep a vast surplus of revenue over expenditure . Even before the civil war it did this from 1837 to 1857. Mr. Wells tells us ...
... America has , on the first view of it , certainly been good . It has enabled the Government to obtain and to keep a vast surplus of revenue over expenditure . Even before the civil war it did this from 1837 to 1857. Mr. Wells tells us ...
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... American magnitude would be plainly impossible . Some part of the difference between England and America arises undoubtedly not from political causes but from economical . America is not a country sensitive to taxes ; no great country ...
... American magnitude would be plainly impossible . Some part of the difference between England and America arises undoubtedly not from political causes but from economical . America is not a country sensitive to taxes ; no great country ...
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... Americans pay to the Government , they are paying a great deal to some of their own citizens , and so are rearing a ... America is now working in heavy fetters , and it would probably be better for her to lighten those fetters even ...
... Americans pay to the Government , they are paying a great deal to some of their own citizens , and so are rearing a ... America is now working in heavy fetters , and it would probably be better for her to lighten those fetters even ...
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