Eloquence of the United States, Volumen1E. & H. Clark, 1827 - 517 páginas |
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... political systems , would answer , that , in our governments , the supreme power is vested in the constitutions . This opinion ap- proaches a step nearer to the truth , but does not reach it . The truth is , that , in our governments ...
... political systems , would answer , that , in our governments , the supreme power is vested in the constitutions . This opinion ap- proaches a step nearer to the truth , but does not reach it . The truth is , that , in our governments ...
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... politics . There can be no disorder in the community but may here receive a radical cure . If the error be in the legislature , it may be corrected by the constitution ; if in the con- stitution , it may be corrected by the people ...
... politics . There can be no disorder in the community but may here receive a radical cure . If the error be in the legislature , it may be corrected by the constitution ; if in the con- stitution , it may be corrected by the people ...
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... political weakness , and the consequent calamities of our country . I cannot but infer from this , that there is still some lurking , favorite imagination , that this system , with corrections , might become a safe and permanent one ...
... political weakness , and the consequent calamities of our country . I cannot but infer from this , that there is still some lurking , favorite imagination , that this system , with corrections , might become a safe and permanent one ...
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... political calcula- tion . Is not this arrangement then , sir , a most wise and prudent one ? Is not the present representation fully adequate to our present exigencies ; and suf- ficient to answer all the purposes of the union ? I am ...
... political calcula- tion . Is not this arrangement then , sir , a most wise and prudent one ? Is not the present representation fully adequate to our present exigencies ; and suf- ficient to answer all the purposes of the union ? I am ...
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... politics is more false than this . The ancient democracies , in which the people themselves deliberated , never possessed one feature of good government . Their very character was tyran- ny ; their figure deformity . When they assembled ...
... politics is more false than this . The ancient democracies , in which the people themselves deliberated , never possessed one feature of good government . Their very character was tyran- ny ; their figure deformity . When they assembled ...
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