 | Edward McPherson - 1871 - 678 páginas
...seventy-three despots would surely be as oppresiive as one." "As little will it avail us that they are chosen imits afore phoulu not only be founded on free principles, but in which the powers of government should he so divided... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1873 - 780 páginas
...their eyes on the republic of Venice. An elective despotism is not the government we fought for; hut one which should not only be founded on free principles,...effectually checked and restrained by the others." Yet Virginia lived voluntarily under this constitution more thin fifty years (see 2 Pitkin's Hist.... | |
 | 1874 - 440 páginas
...doubt it turn their eyes on the republic of Venice. As little will it avail us that they are chosen by ourselves. An elective despotism was not the government...should not only be founded on free principles, but iu which the powers of government should be so divided and balanced among several bodies of magistracy... | |
 | James Daniel Lynch - 1881 - 570 páginas
...alleviation that these powers will be exercised by a plurality of hands and not by a single one. " An elective despotism was not the government we fought...; but one which should not only be founded on free principlcs, but in which thn powers of sovereignty should be so divided and balanced among the several... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - 1883 - 734 páginas
...doubt it turn their eyes on the Republic of Venice. As little will it avail us that they are chosen by ourselves. An elective despotism was not the government...legal limits without being effectually checked and controlled by the others " II.— 17 " Should the proceedings of the Covode committee become a precedent,... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - 1883 - 726 páginas
...chosen by ourselves. An elective despotism was not the government we fought for, but one which shouM not only be founded on free principles, but in which...legal limits without being effectually checked and controlled by the others." "Should the proceedings of the Covode committee become a precedent, both... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - 1883 - 736 páginas
...doubt it turn their eyes on the Republic of Venice. As little will it avail us that they are chosen by ourselves. An elective despotism was not the government we fought for, but one which shoukl not only be founded on free principles, but in which the powers of government should be so divided... | |
 | Horace Davis - 1884 - 100 páginas
...alleviation that these powers will be exercised by a plurality of hands, and not by a single one. * * * An elective despotism was not the government we fought...founded on free principles, but in which the powers of the government should be so divided and balanced among several bodies of magistracy as that no one... | |
 | Samuel Jones Tilden - 1885 - 852 páginas
...same hands is precisely the definition of despotic government." " An elective despotism," said he, " was not the government we fought for, but one which...which the powers of government should be so divided among several bodies of magistracy as that no one could transcend their legal limits without being... | |
 | Johns Hopkins University - 1885 - 606 páginas
...alleviation that these powers will be exercised by a plurality of hands, and not by a single one. . . . An elective despotism was not the government we fought...founded on free principles, but in which the powers of the government should be so divided and balanced among several bodies of magistracy as that no one... | |
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An elective despotism was not the government we fought for; but one which should not only be founded on free principles, but in which the powers of government should be so divided and balanced among several bodies of magistracy, as that no one could transcend... 
