 The question with me is, not whether you have a right to render your people miserable, but whether it is not your interest to make them happy. It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do, but what humanity, reason and justice tell me I ought to do.  The Essentials of Argumentation - Page 228de Elias J. MacEwan - 1898 - 412 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1881 - 1110 pages
...heartily hoped it would, and, in conclusion, would quote the words of Edmund Burke — " The question is, not whether you have a right to render your people...me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice toll* mo I ought to do." MB. REDMOND said, it appeared to him that it was the duty of every Member... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1882 - 526 pages
...whole have sunk.' I do not intend to be overwhelmed in that bog, though in such respectable company. The question with me is not whether you have a right...reason, and justice tell me I ought to do. Is a politic art the worse for being a generous one ? Is no concession proper but that which is made from your want... | |
 | Henry Flowerdew - 1883 - 242 pages
...whole have sunk. I do not intend to be overwhelmed in that bog, though in such respectable company. The question with me is, not whether you have a right...reason, and justice tell me I ought to do. Is a politic measure the worse for being a generous one ? Is no concession proper but that which is made from your... | |
 | 1883 - 836 pages
...giving away a man's money be a power excepted and reserved out of the general trust of Government. . . . The question with me is not whether you have a right...humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do. I am not determining a point of law ; I am restoring tranquillity, and the general character and situation... | |
 | Charles Kendall Adams - 1884 - 354 pages
...whole have sunk.58 I do not intend to be overwhelmed in this bog, though in such respectable company. The question with me is, not whether you have a right...politic act the worse for being a generous one? Is no concession proper but that which is made from your want of right to keep what you grant ? Or does... | |
 | Alexander Charles Ewald - 1884 - 668 pages
...what sort of government is fitted for them. That point nothing else can or ought to determine. . . . The question with me is, not whether you have a right...politic act the worse for being a generous one? Is no concession proper but that which is made from your want of right to keep what you grant? Or does... | |
 | Charles Kendall Adams - 1884 - 346 pages
...whole have sunk.58 I do not intend to be overwhelmed in this bog, though in such respectable company. The question with me is, not whether you have a right...politic act the worse for being a generous one ? Is no concession proper but that which is made from your want of right to keep what you grant ? Or does... | |
 | Charles Kendall Adams - 1884 - 340 pages
...whole have sunk. 6 8 I do not intend to be overwhelmed in this bog, though in such respectable company. The question with me is, not whether you have a right...politic act the worse for being a generous one ? Is no concession proper but that which is made from your want of right to keep what you grant ? Or does... | |
 | Charles Kendall Adams, John Alden - 1884 - 360 pages
...whole have sunk. ' * I do not intend to be overwhelmed in this bog; though in such respectable company. The question with me is, not whether you have a right...politic act the worse for being a generous one? Is no concession proper but that which is made from your want of right to keep what you grant ? Or does... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1886 - 276 pages
...whole have sunk. I do not intend to be overwhelmed in that bog, though in such respectable company. The question with me is, not whether you have a right...humanity, reason, and justice, tell me I ought to do.— Sfeech on Condl. with America. I was true to my old, standing, invariable principle, that all things... | |
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