The English Constitution: And Other Political EssaysD. Appleton, 1877 - 474 páginas |
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... arguments . Rut under a presidential government a nation has , except at the electing moment , no influence ; it has not the ballot- box before it ; its virtue is gone , and it must wait till its instant of despotism again returns . It ...
... arguments . Rut under a presidential government a nation has , except at the electing moment , no influence ; it has not the ballot- box before it ; its virtue is gone , and it must wait till its instant of despotism again returns . It ...
Página 90
... If a Washington newspaper could have turned out Mr. Lincoln , there would have been good writing and fine argument in the Washington newspapers . But the Washington newspapers can no more remove a president 90 THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION .
... If a Washington newspaper could have turned out Mr. Lincoln , there would have been good writing and fine argument in the Washington newspapers . But the Washington newspapers can no more remove a president 90 THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION .
Página 100
... argument for lotteries . What were the chances against a person of Lincoln's antecedents , elected as he was , proving to be what he was ? Such an incident is , however , natural to a presidential government . The President is elected ...
... argument for lotteries . What were the chances against a person of Lincoln's antecedents , elected as he was , proving to be what he was ? Such an incident is , however , natural to a presidential government . The President is elected ...
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... arguments for not having a Court , and there are arguments for having a splendid Court ; but there are no arguments for having a mean Court . It is better to spend a million in dazzling when you wish to dazzle , than three - quarters ...
... arguments for not having a Court , and there are arguments for having a splendid Court ; but there are no arguments for having a mean Court . It is better to spend a million in dazzling when you wish to dazzle , than three - quarters ...
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... to ascribe to her legislative power . She has long ceased to have any . Secondly , the ancient theory holds that the Queen is the executive . The American Consti- tution was made upon a most careful argument , and THE MONARCHY (continued)
... to ascribe to her legislative power . She has long ceased to have any . Secondly , the ancient theory holds that the Queen is the executive . The American Consti- tution was made upon a most careful argument , and THE MONARCHY (continued)
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