 | Paul Eltzbacher - 1908 - 368 pages
...the errors and perverseness of a few. " Society and government are dif-J ferent in themselves, and have different origins. Society is produced by our wants, and government by .. our wickedness. Society is in every state a blessing; /,' government even in its best state but a necessary '* But... | |
 | International Association of Casualty and Surety Underwriters - 1916 - 160 pages
...compulsion or force. One of our most brilliant governmental experts has well stated the proposition: "Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness." The object of society is the promotion of happiness; of government, the protection of that happiness from... | |
 | Henry Belcher - 1911 - 424 pages
...formidable outcry in defence of custom. The tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason. Society is produced by our wants ; and Government by our wickedness ; the one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions ; the first is a patron, the last is a punisher.... | |
 | Francis William Coker - 1914 - 604 pages
...which the power to execute is as perfect as the right itself. 9. The Origin and Sphere of Government l Some writers have so confounded society with government,...happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions.... | |
 | William Jethro Brown - 1914 - 344 pages
...rules whether they approve of them or not. " Society and government are different in themselves, and have different origins. Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness. Society is in every state a blessing ; government, even in its best state, but a necessary evil." 1... | |
 | William H. Graves - 1917 - 224 pages
...with concise remarks on the English Constitution." He proceeds as follows, in parts of his discussion: "Some writers have so confounded society with Government,...only different, but have different origins. Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil, in its... | |
 | Ivor John Carnegie Brown - 1920 - 206 pages
...blessing to voluntary groupings and natural communications, only a negative blessing to the State. " Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse,... | |
 | Henry Ezekiel Jackson - 1922 - 332 pages
...almost as much as any other single man to achieve American independence. His statement is as follows: "Some writers have so confounded society with government,...happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions.... | |
 | Frank Paddock - 1925 - 430 pages
...drew a clear distinction between society and government. "Some waiters " he says in "Common Sense", "have so confounded society with government as to...no distinction between them; whereas they are not 3 only different but have different origins." Society was formed because of the necessity of men living... | |
 | Robert Shafer - 1926 - 1410 pages
...ON THE ORIGIN AND DESIGN OF GOVERNMENT IN GENERAL, WITH CONCISE REMARKS ON THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions.... | |
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SOME writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but have different origins. Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness; the former... 
