...distinguished from its degenerate form of 'faction' by the fact that party activities endeavour to promote 'the national interest upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed'. Factions are akin to partial or incomplete parties which is illustrated by the fact that their primary...

...with interest and faction; in Edmund Burke's oft-quoted construction, a party is "a body of men [sic] united, for promoting by their joint endeavours the...interest, upon some particular principle in which they are agreed" (quoted in Ranney 1968, 146). The contemporary approach to parties is narrower; while real...

...morally superior to the faction in power. The Rockingham faction is a party, which Burke defines as "a body of men united, for promoting by their joint...particular principle in which they are all agreed," whereas the current ministry is a faction. 122 In making such a distinction Burke was not defending...

...party— in Burke 's famous definition— is "a body of men united for promoting by their joint endeavors the national interest, upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed." But of all the "P-words," "prejudice" is most important. For Burke it holds together— in balance—...

...defence of party came from Edmund Burke in his 1770 pamphlet Thoughts on the Present Discontents. 'Party is a body of men united, for promoting by their joint...particular principle in which they are all agreed.' When in a Commons debate of 13 May 1768 Henry Conway attacked 'factious connections', he was answered...

...klassieke definitie van een politieke partij is niettemin afkomstig van Edmund Burke (1729-1797): 'Party is a body of men united, for promoting by their joint...particular principle in which they are all agreed.' Maar die definitie kan gemakkelijk worden misverstaan. Burke bedoelde niet meer dan dat een aantal...

...that body lost, said that a party is "a body of men united, for promoting by their joint endeavors the national interest, upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed." 38 Madison offers no such view of party or faction, nor does he anticipate the nature of political...

...(1861 [1770]: 372) defined parties as 'a body of men united, for promoting by their joint endeavors, the national interest, upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed' (see also Sartori 1976). Parties increasingly came to be understood as legitimate actors, and the institutionalized...

...helft van de achttiende eeuw formuleerde: 'Party is a body of men united, for promoting by their joints endeavours the national interest, upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed.'5 Met deze definitie volgde Burke ten dele de opvattingen van Bolingbroke, die in de jaren...

...He thought a party should consist of a "body of men united, for promoting by their joint endeavors, the national interest, upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed."s4 An effective party would be an intermediate institution working from within the House of...