 | George Henry Jennings - 1881 - 564 páginas
...any man, or to any sot of men living. These he does not derive from your pleasure ; no, nor from the law and the constitution. They are a trust from Providence,...he is deeply answerable. Your representative .owes yon, not his industry only, but his judgment ; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices... | |
 | 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... | |
 | James Melville M'Culloch - 1882 - 442 páginas
...any man, or to any set of men living. These he does not derive from your pleasure ; no, nor from the law and the constitution. They are a trust from Providence, for the abuse of which he is deeply responsible. — BURKE. There is no use of money equal to that of beneficence : here the enjoyment... | |
 | 1883 - 836 páginas
...enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any set of men living. Your representative owes you, not his industry only,...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
...any man, or to any set of men living. These he does not derive from your pleasure ; no, nor from the law and the constitution. They are a trust from Providence,...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
...enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any set of men living. Your representative owes you, not his industry only,...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... | |
 | Boyd Winchester - 1891 - 510 páginas
...any man, or to any set of men living. These he does not derive from your pleasure ; no, nor from the law and the constitution. They are a trust from Providence,...serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion." Neither the Constitution of the United States, nor that of Switzerland, vests anywhere any power of... | |
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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. 
