 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...  Rule and Misrule of the English in America - Page 334de Thomas Chandler Haliburton - 1851 - 379 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | United States. President - 1897 - 820 pages
...as one. " "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 should...effectually checked and restrained by the others. For this reason that convention which passed the ordinance of government laid its foundation on this... | |
 | United States. President - 1897 - 584 pages
...as one. " "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 should...effectually checked and restrained by the others. For this reason that convention which passed the ordinance of government laid its foundation on this... | |
 | Henry Jones Ford - 1898 - 446 pages
...times, but public opinion was calmly indifferent. In 1781, Jefferson wrote, "An elective despotism was not the government we fought for ; but one which should...effectually checked and restrained by the others." 1 He was thinking, however, of the changes in the Virginia constitution by which the selection of 1... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1900 - 1504 pages
...free principles, but in which the powers of government should be so divided and balanced among general bodies of magistracy, as that no one could transcend...effectually checked and restrained by the others. — NOTES ON VIRGINIA, viii, 361. FORD ED., iii, 224. (1782.) 3585. GOVERNMENTS (American), Principles.... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1900 - 1082 pages
...of government should be so divided and balanced among general bodies of magistracy, as that no ene could transcend their legal limits without being effectually checked and restrained by the others. — NOTES ON VIRGINIA, viii, 361. FORD ED., iii, 224. (1782.) 3585. GOVERNMENTS (American), Principles.... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 1901 - 536 pages
...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 should...effectually checked and restrained by the others. For this reason, that Convention which passed the ordinance of government laid its foundation on this... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 1901 - 520 pages
...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 should...effectually checked and restrained by the others. For this reason, that Convention which passed the ordinance of government laid its foundation on this... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1907 - 246 pages
...government we fought for, but one which should not only be founded on free prin2. 163. ciples, but one in which the powers of government should be so divided...effectually checked and restrained by the others. . . . The legislature have accordingly in many instances decided rights which should have been left... | |
 | William Bennett Munro - 1914 - 220 pages
...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 should...effectually checked and restrained by the others. For this reason, that convention which passed the ordinance of government laid its foundation on this... | |
 | 1911 - 652 pages
...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 should...effectually checked and restrained by the others." INEQUALITIES IN TAXATION The committee on taxation appointed by the Texas Commercial Secretaries' Association... | |
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