 | Cadwallader Colden - 1747 - 540 pages
...Government be never fo good, they 'will endeavour to warp and fpoil it to their Turn. I know fame fay, Let us have good Laws, and no matter for the Men that execute them : But let than conftder, That though good Laws do well, good Men do better : For good Laws may wart gccd Men,... | |
 | Cadwallader Colden - 1755 - 276 pages
...Government be never fo good, they will endeavour to warp and fpoil it to their Turn. I know fome fay, Let us have good Laws, and no matter for the Men that execute them : But let them Conjider, That though good Laws do well, goid Men do better : For good Laws may want geod Men, and... | |
 | James Murray - 1780 - 626 pages
...Si«&<i be never fo good, they will endeavour to warp and fpoil it to their turn. I know fome fay, Let us have good laws, and no matter for the men that execute them : But let them confidcr, That though good laws do well, good men do better: For good laws may want good men, and be... | |
 | 1817 - 552 pages
...men upon governments. Let men be good, and the government cannot be bad: if it be ill, they will cure it. But if men be bad, let the government be never...know some say, let us have good laws, and no matter fur .the men -that execute them: but let them consider, that though good laws do well, good men do... | |
 | 1814 - 402 pages
...virtuous. It is also a proposition which is of mixed import, and highly calculated to mislead, that " if men be bad, let the government be never so good,...will endeavour to warp and spoil it to their turn." It is a fundamental proposition in politics, that with individual exceptions, which are not to be counted... | |
 | 1814 - 1112 pages
...men upon governments. Let men he gcod, and th* government cannot be bad. If it be ill, they will cure it. But if men be bad, let the government be never so good, they will endeavour, to wnrp and spoil it to their turn. " I know some say, I,et us bavé good laws, and no matter for thé... | |
 | 1818 - 396 pages
...government cannot be bad ; if it be ill, they will cure it. But if men be bad, let the government he never so good, they will endeavour to warp and spoil...it to their turn. I know some say let us have good Jaws and no matter for the men that execute them; but let them consider, that though good laws do well,... | |
 | Frederick Butler - 1821 - 474 pages
...bad, be the government ever so good, they will endeavour to warp and spoil it to answer their turns. " I know some say, let us have good laws, and no matter for the men who execute them ; but let them consider, that though good laws do well, good men do better ; for good... | |
 | Historical Society of Pennsylvania - 1826 - 452 pages
...government cannot be bad ; if it be ill they will cure it. But if men he bad let the government be ever so good they will endeavour to warp and spoil it to their turn. That therefore which makes a good constitution must keep it, viz. men of wisdom and virtue, qualities... | |
 | Thomas Clarkson - 1827 - 392 pages
...upon g 'vernments. Let men be good, and the government cannot be bad. If it be ill ihey will cure. it. But if men be bad. let the government be never...will endeavour to warp and spoil it to their turn. " Thirdly, I know what is said by the several admirers of monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy, which... | |
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Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them; and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined too. Wherefore, governments rather depend upon men than men upon governments. Let men be good and the government cannot... 
