...down those whom we are obliged to trust with power. In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution." Having thus set up mere "parchment barriers," how was this nice distribution of powers between the...

...truth, and the forms and substance of law and justice. In questions of power then let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the claims of the Constitution. That this Commonwealth does therefore call on its co-States for an expression...

...preserve tue liberty of the citizen. "In questions of power, then," wrote Jefferson, "let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution." How prophetic I Every day we see instances of officers selected by the people arresting without warrant...

...anticipation of such situations described above said: ". . .IN QUESTIONS OF POWER THEN, LET NO MORE BE HEARD OF CONFIDENCE IN MAN, BUT BIND HIM DOWN FROM MISCHIEF BY THE CHAINS OF THE CONST ITUTJSNT" Concern over situations such as those referred to above, also resulted in my writing...

...Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. In 1798 he wrote in the Kentucky Resolutions: man, but bind him down from mischief, by the chains of the constitution. Jefferson's view of man was not merely a secularization of the Christian idea of man as an essentially...

...to which and no further our confidence may go. * * * In questions of power then let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chain of the Constitution." The late Chief Justice Earl Warren visited our School of Law in Georgia...

...life." "In questions of power," Jefferson had proclaimed just a few years earlier, "let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution." 11 As long as this idea remained dominant the size and scope of government could not greatly expand,...

...Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, writer In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the constitution. Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) American president See Hardy on INCONSISTENCY The Consumer Society Conspicuous...

...those whom we are obliged to trust with power. ... In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution." 31 There are moments in Jefferson's life when his rejection of reason of state appears final and irrevocable,...

...government is founded in jealousy and not in confidence. ... In questions of power then let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the claims of the Constitution." Yet historians point to another side of Jefferson's political thinking,...