 If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government and legislation are matters of reason and judgment, and not of inclination ; and what sort of reason is that, in which the determination precedes...  Burke - Sivu 71tekijä(t) John Morley - 1901 - 214 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Edmund Burke - 1889 - 556 sivua
...yours. If that be all, the thing is innocent. If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government...hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments ? To deliver an opinion, is the right of all men ; that of constituents is a weighty and respectable... | |
 | Daniel Parker Coke - 1803 - 462 sivua
...his judgment ; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government...hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments ? To deliver an opinion is the right of all men ; that of Constituents is a weighty and respectable... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1804 - 244 sivua
...yours. If that be all, the thing is innocent. If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government...sort of reason is that, in which the determination 150 precedes the discussion ; in which one set of men deliberate, and another decide ; and where those... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1804 - 228 sivua
...yours. If that be all, the thing is innocent. If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government...sort of reason is that, in which the determination 150 precedes the discussion ; in which one set of men deliberate, and another decide ; and where those... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1807 - 560 sivua
...If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superiour. But government and legislation are matters of reason...hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments ? To deliver an opinion, is the right of all men ; that of constituents is a weighty and respectable... | |
 | 1808 - 540 sivua
...yours. If that be all, the thing is innocent. If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government...deliberate, and another decide ; and where those, who from the conclusion are perhaps three hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments ? " To... | |
 | Thomas Browne (LL.D.) - 1810 - 514 sivua
...yours. If that be all, the thing is innocent. If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government...hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments ? " To deliver an opinion is the right of all men ; that of constituents is a weighty and respectable... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1811 - 252 sivua
...yours. If that be all, the thing is innocent. If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government...hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments ? To deliver an opinion, is the right of all men; that of constituents is a weighty and respectable... | |
 | 1812 - 500 sivua
...yours. If that be all, the thing is innocent. If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government...reason and judgment, and not of inclination; and, what . ment of a senator of the United States from Virginia, who doth not hold himself bound to obey sucll... | |
 | Edmond Burke - 1815 - 240 sivua
...yours. If that be all, the thing is innocent. If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government...hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments ? To deliver an opinion, is the right of all men ; that of constituents is a weighty and respectable... | |
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