Reassessing the Presidency: The Rise of the Executive State and the Decline of FreedomJohn V. Denson Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2001 - 791 páginas |
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... Madison in dealing with these pirates without a declaration of war . Therefore , they argue that modern presidents need no dec- laration of war by Congress . Louis Fisher comments about this modern position and replies specifically to ...
... Madison in dealing with these pirates without a declaration of war . Therefore , they argue that modern presidents need no dec- laration of war by Congress . Louis Fisher comments about this modern position and replies specifically to ...
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... Madison 33. G.H.W. Bush 34. L. Johnson 35. Ford 36. Hoover 37. Wilson 1. Lincoln 2. F. Roosevelt 3. Washington 4 ... Madison 15. Monroe 16. J.Q. Adams 17. Cleveland 18. McKinley 19. Taft 20. Van Buren 21. Hoover 22. Hayes 23. Arthur 24 ...
... Madison 33. G.H.W. Bush 34. L. Johnson 35. Ford 36. Hoover 37. Wilson 1. Lincoln 2. F. Roosevelt 3. Washington 4 ... Madison 15. Monroe 16. J.Q. Adams 17. Cleveland 18. McKinley 19. Taft 20. Van Buren 21. Hoover 22. Hayes 23. Arthur 24 ...
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... Madison rank in the bottom third of presidents , as government spending expanded significantly in their administrations , with Madison presiding over the War of 1812 , one of the least glori- ous moments in American military history by ...
... Madison rank in the bottom third of presidents , as government spending expanded significantly in their administrations , with Madison presiding over the War of 1812 , one of the least glori- ous moments in American military history by ...
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... Madison 15. Buchanan 16. Hayes 17. Tyler 18. Clinton 19. Nixon 20. Eisenhower 21. Cleveland 22. Reagan 23. Kennedy 24. Carter 25. McKinley 26. Jackson 27. Fillmore 28. G.H.W. Bush 29. L. Johnson 30. Pierce 31. Ford 32. B. Harrison 33.
... Madison 15. Buchanan 16. Hayes 17. Tyler 18. Clinton 19. Nixon 20. Eisenhower 21. Cleveland 22. Reagan 23. Kennedy 24. Carter 25. McKinley 26. Jackson 27. Fillmore 28. G.H.W. Bush 29. L. Johnson 30. Pierce 31. Ford 32. B. Harrison 33.
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... Madison are viewed as bad presi- dents in two of our models , but slightly above average using the regression model . Andrew Jackson , who is ranked 24th and 26th in the spending models , moves up to the bottom of the top third ( 13th ) ...
... Madison are viewed as bad presi- dents in two of our models , but slightly above average using the regression model . Andrew Jackson , who is ranked 24th and 26th in the spending models , moves up to the bottom of the top third ( 13th ) ...
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Página 457 - Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves by artificial ties in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities.
Página 65 - That the Government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Página 242 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Página 456 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me, fellow citizens,) the jealousy of a free people ought to be CONSTANTLY awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.
Página 736 - ... exert all its power and employ all its resources to bring the Government of the German Empire to terms and end the war.
Página 236 - Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable, a most sacred right — a right which, we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.
Página 278 - The provision of the Constitution giving the warmaking power to Congress was dictated, as I understand it, by the following reasons: Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object. This our convention understood to be the most oppressive of all kingly oppressions, and they resolved to so frame the Constitution that no one man should hold the power of bringing this oppression upon us.
Página 43 - If we remain one people, under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon to be scrupulously respected...
Página 723 - to raise and support Armies" and "to provide and maintain a Navy.
Página 57 - I know that the acquisition of Louisiana has been disapproved by some, from a candid apprehension that the enlargement of our territory would endanger its union. But who can limit the extent to which the federative principle may operate effectively? The larger our association, the less will it be shaken by local passions ; and in any view, is it not better that the opposite bank of the Mississippi should be settled by our own brethren and children, than by strangers of another family?