 | Samuel Arthur Bent - 1882 - 638 páginas
...occasion, expressed the proper relation between a representative and his constituents, by saying, " Your representative owes you, not his industry only,...serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion." He remarked half-seriously of a personal relation with the city he represented, " Though I have the... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1882 - 594 páginas
...misconception of the nature of representative government. ' Your representative owes you,' he said, ' not his industry only, but his judgment, and he betrays...of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion. . . . Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests. ... It is a... | |
 | 1883 - 836 páginas
...theirs ; and above all, ever, and in at/ cases, to prefer their interest to his own. But his unbiassed opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscience,...serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. " Jly worthy colleague says, his will ought to be subservient to yours. If that be all, the thing is... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1886 - 276 páginas
...the constitution. They are a trust from Providence, for the abuse of which he is deeply answerable. Your representative owes you, not his industry only,...serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. To deliver an opinion is the right of all men ; that of constituents is a weighty and respectable opinion... | |
 | Sydney Edward Williams - 1886 - 168 páginas
...own judgment, imperative instructions from his constituents. " Your representative," says Burke, " owes you not his industry only, but his judgment,...of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion. . . . Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests. . . It is a... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1886 - 492 páginas
...explained the constitutional position of a parliamentary representative : ' He owes you,' he said, ' not his industry only, but his judgment ; and he betrays...of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion ' (ib. 236). His success afforded him great pleasure, and in a cheerful letter, dated 19 Nov., he describes... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1890 - 568 páginas
...theirs ; and above all, ever, and in all cases, to prefer their interest to his own. But his unbiassed opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscience,...judgment ; and he betrays instead of serving you, if he sacrifice it to your opinion. ... If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1891 - 264 páginas
...10 constitution. They are a trust from Providence, for the abuse of which he is deeply answerable. Your representative owes you, not his industry only,...serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. 15 My worthy colleague says, his will ought to be subservient to yours. If that be all, the thing is... | |
 | Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denney - 1893 - 286 páginas
...answerable. Your representativ owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment ; and he betray*, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. My wortht colleague says, his will ought to be subservient to yours. If that k all, the thing is innocent.... | |
 | Cornelius Beach Bradley - 1894 - 408 páginas
...theirs ; and, above all, ever and in all cases to prefer their interest to his own. But his unbiassed opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscience,...serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. . . . Government and legislation are matters of reason and judgment, and not of inclination ; and what... | |
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Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment ; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. 
