 The concentrating these in the same hands is precisely the definition of despotic government. It will be no alleviation, that these powers will be exercised by a plurality of hands, and not by a single one. One hundred and seventy-three despots would...  The English in America - Page 266de Thomas Chandler Haliburton - 1851Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Edward McPherson - 1875 - 664 pages
...concentrating these in the same hands is precisely the definition of despotic government. It will be "As little will it avail us thatthey are chosen by ourselves. An elective despotism was not the government... | |
 | James Daniel Lynch - 1881 - 570 pages
...all the powers of government in the legislative body is of the very essence of despotism ; and it is no 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 for ; but one which should not only be founded... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - 1883 - 726 pages
...concentrating these in the same hands is precisely the definition of despotic government. It will be no alleviation that these powers will be exercised...oppressive as one. Let those who doubt it turn their eyes on the Republic of Venice. As little will it avail us that they are chosen by ourselves. An elective... | |
 | Horace Davis - 1884 - 100 pages
...concentrating these in the same hands is precisely the definition of despotic government. It will be no 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 for, but one which should not only be... | |
 | Johns Hopkins University - 1885 - 606 pages
...concentrating these in the same hands is precisely the definition of despotic government. It will be no 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 for, but one which should not only be... | |
 | James Madison, John Jay - 1888 - 676 pages
...concentrating these in the same hands, is precisely the definition of despotic government. It will be no alleviation, that these powers will be exercised...oppressive as one. Let those who doubt it, turn their eyes on the republic of Venice. As little will it avail us, that they are chosen by ourselves. An elective... | |
 | 1891 - 1042 pages
...precisely the definition of despotic government. It will be no alleviation that these powers will he exercised by a plurality of hands, and not by a single one. One hundred and seventythree despots would be as oppressive as one. As little will it avail that they are chosen by ourselves." Chief-Justice... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1891 - 858 pages
...concentrating these in the same hands U precisely the definition of a despotic government. It will be no alleviation that these powers will be exercised by a plurality of bauds, and not by a single on*. One hundred and seventy-three despots would surely be as oppressive... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1894 - 634 pages
...concentrating these in the same hands is precisely the definition of despotic government. It will be no alleviation that these powers will be exercised by a plurality of hands, and not by a single one. 173 despots would surely be as oppressive as one. Let those who doubt it turn their eyes on the republic... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison - 1894 - 980 pages
...the same hands, is precisely the definition of despotic government. It will be no alleviation 4hat these powers will be exercised by a plurality of hands,...oppressive as one. Let those who doubt it, turn their eyes on the republic of Venice. As little will it avail us that they are chosen by ourselves. An elective... | |
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