The Republic of the United States of America: And Its Political Institutions, Reviewed and ExaminedA.S. Barnes & Company, 1855 - 875 páginas |
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... obliged to push all his ideas to their utmost theoretical con- sequences , and often to the verge of what is false or impracticable ; for if it be necessary sometimes to quit the rules of logic in active greate : part of the documents I ...
... obliged to push all his ideas to their utmost theoretical con- sequences , and often to the verge of what is false or impracticable ; for if it be necessary sometimes to quit the rules of logic in active greate : part of the documents I ...
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... obliged to push all his ideas to their utmost theoretical consequences , and often to the verge of what is false or impracticable ; for if it be necessary sometimes to quit the rules of logic in active life , such is not the case in ...
... obliged to push all his ideas to their utmost theoretical consequences , and often to the verge of what is false or impracticable ; for if it be necessary sometimes to quit the rules of logic in active life , such is not the case in ...
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... obliged in their turn to place themselves under the protec- tion of the laws , their political education had been perfected in this rude school , and they were more conversant with the notions of right , and the principles of true ...
... obliged in their turn to place themselves under the protec- tion of the laws , their political education had been perfected in this rude school , and they were more conversant with the notions of right , and the principles of true ...
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... obliged by necessity to leave their country , the social position they abandoned was one to be regretted , and their means of subsistence were certain . Nor did they cross the Atlantic to improve their situation , or to increase their ...
... obliged by necessity to leave their country , the social position they abandoned was one to be regretted , and their means of subsistence were certain . Nor did they cross the Atlantic to improve their situation , or to increase their ...
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... obliged to bear arms ; they formed a na- tional militia , which appointed its own officers , and was to hold itself at all times in readiness to march for the defence of the country . ‡ In the laws of Connecticut , as well as in all ...
... obliged to bear arms ; they formed a na- tional militia , which appointed its own officers , and was to hold itself at all times in readiness to march for the defence of the country . ‡ In the laws of Connecticut , as well as in all ...
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Página 250 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Página 250 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice...
Página 35 - God, and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid ; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and officers, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony ; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Página 251 - I repeat it, therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. But in my opinion, it is unnecessary and would be unwise to extend them. Taking care always to keep ourselves by suitable establishments on a respectable defensive posture, we may safely trust to temporary alliances for extraordinary emergencies.
Página 291 - In a society under the forms of which the stronger faction can readily unite and oppress the weaker, anarchy may as truly be said to reign as in a state of nature, where the weaker individual is not secured against the violence of the stronger; and as, in the latter state, even the stronger individuals are prompted, by the uncertainty of their condition, to submit to a government which may protect the weak as well as themselves...
Página 251 - The nation which indulges towards another an habitual hatred or an habitual fondness is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.
Página 55 - America, then, exhibits in her social state a most extraordinary phenomenon. Men are there seen on a greater equality in point of fortune and intellect, or in other words, more equal in their strength, than in any other country of the world, or, in any age of which history has preserved the remembrance.
Página 34 - IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign lord King James, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, etc.
Página 387 - ... this being the place where that absolute despotic power which must, in all governments, reside somewhere, is intrusted by the constitution of these kingdoms. All mischiefs and grievances, operations and remedies, that transcend the ordinary course of the laws, are within the reach of this extraordinary tribunal.
Página 467 - The American struggles against the obstacles that nature opposes to him; the adversaries of the Russian are men. The former combats the wilderness and savage life; the latter civilization with all its arms.