...as those that support me. While acting as their representative I shall be governed by their will on all subjects upon which I have the means of knowing...judgment teaches me will best advance their interests." Cited in Luce, op. cit., p. 471. 14 For instance in Heinz Eulau et al, 'The Role of the Representative,"...

...those that support me. While acting as their representative, I shall be governed by their will, on all subjects upon which I have the means of knowing...I go for distributing the proceeds of the sales of the public lands to the several states, to enable our state, in common with others, to dig canals and...

...those that support me. While acting as their representative, I shall be governed by their will, on all subjects upon which I have the means of knowing...I go for distributing the proceeds of the sales of the public lands to the several states, to enable our state, in common with others, to dig canals and...

...that oppose as those that support me. While acting as their representative, I shall be governed by what their will is; and upon all others, I shall do...I go for distributing the proceeds of the sales of the public lands to the several states, to enable our state, in common with others, to dig canals and...

...favored a plan to make internal improvements possible and focused exclusively on financial questions: "Whether elected or not, I go for distributing the proceeds of the sales of the public lands to the several states, to enable our state, in common with others, to dig canals and...

...reelection campaign to the General Assembly of Illinois: "I shall be governed by their will on all such subjects upon which I have the means of knowing what...judgment teaches me will best advance their interests." It is significant that, despite so many other profound disagreements, the Federalists and Antifederalists...

...compromise position: "While acting as their representative," he said, "I shall be governed by their will on all subjects upon which I have the means of knowing...my own judgment teaches me will best advance their interests."54 The mandate-independence debate became an important one almost immediately after the...

...potential supporters that "while acting as their representative, I shall be governed by their will, on all subjects upon which I have the means of knowing what their will is."5 Richard Hofstadter (1974, 170), in reviewing Lincoln's political life, suggested that he tended...

...those that support me. While acting as their representative, I shall be governed by their will, on all subjects upon which I have the means of knowing...judgment teaches me will best advance their interests. 13 When one opponent referred to him as a young man, Lincoln counteracted by alluding to his critic...

...acting as [his constituents'] representative, I shall be governed by their will on all subjects on which I have the means of knowing what their will is; and on all others, I shall do what my own judgment teaches me will best advance their interests. "Then...