...1992) 6-9. 12 Accounting for Order /. Russell Muirhead In all governments, there is a perpetual and intestine struggle, open or secret, between AUTHORITY and LIBERTY; and neither of them can absolutely prevail in the contest. — David Hume, "Of the Origin of Government"1 "Values are not broccoli,"...

...States as Stable Equilibria in the Polity Domain In all governments there is a perpetual internecine struggle, open or secret, between Authority and Liberty,...and neither of them can ever absolutely prevail in contest. A great sacrifice of liberty must necessarily be made in every government, yet even the authority...

...importance of authority. "In all governments," he wrote, "there is a perpetual intestine struggle . . . between AUTHORITY and LIBERTY; and neither of them can ever absolutely prevail in the contest."130 In his view there could be no liberty without a respect for established authority. "It...

...never to be worshipped. It follows that human government is an imperfect affair In all governments, there is a perpetual intestine struggle, open or secret,...neither of them can ever absolutely prevail in the contest66 61 Miller, pp. 574-6. 62 Miller, p. 576. 63 Miller, p. 44 ('Of the Independency of Parliament')....

...liberty to 'the interests of peace and public order' ('Of the original contract', Hume 1964: 455): A great sacrifice of liberty must necessarily be made...never, and perhaps ought never, in any constitution, become quite entire and uncontroulable. ... In this sense, it must be owned, that liberty is the perfection...

...rigorously exacted by the authority of the supreme magistrate. In all governments, there is a perpetnal intestine struggle, open or secret, between Authority...; and neither of them can ever absolutely prevail ia the contest, A great sacrifice of liberty must necessarily be made in every government ; yet even...

...community, but was rigorously exacted by the authority of the supreme magistrate. In all governments, te, and the Union shall be perpetual; nor shall any...Congress of the United States, and be afterwards The sultan is master of the life and fortune of any individual, but will not be permitted to impose...

...the authority of the supreme magistrate. In all governments, there is a perpetual intestine straggle, open or secret, between Authority and Liberty ; and...constitution, to become quite entire and uncontrollable. The sultan is master of the life and fortune of any individual ; but will not be permitted to impose...

...ideal constitution balances the principle of liberty and authority. 'In all governments,' he says, 'there is a perpetual intestine struggle, open or...neither of them can ever absolutely prevail in the contest.'1 He thinks that 'the best of all governments' would be one that had 'both the tranquillity...