Democracy in America: In Relation to Political InstitutionsE. Walker, 1850 - 460 Seiten |
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... and to indicate that the whole work is not given , the title has been restricted thus : Democracy in America [ in relation to Political Institutions ] . PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION . THE following work of iv ADVERTISEMENT.
... and to indicate that the whole work is not given , the title has been restricted thus : Democracy in America [ in relation to Political Institutions ] . PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION . THE following work of iv ADVERTISEMENT.
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... American public . They have done so in the hope of promoting among their countrymen a more thorough know- ledge of their frames of government , and a more just appreciation of the great principles on which they are founded . But it ...
... American public . They have done so in the hope of promoting among their countrymen a more thorough know- ledge of their frames of government , and a more just appreciation of the great principles on which they are founded . But it ...
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... American readers would be fully competent to form their own opinions , and to detect any errors of the author , if such there are , without any attempt of the present editor to enlighten them . At all events , it is to be hoped that the ...
... American readers would be fully competent to form their own opinions , and to detect any errors of the author , if such there are , without any attempt of the present editor to enlighten them . At all events , it is to be hoped that the ...
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... American reader will find no better guide than M. DE TOCQUE- VILLE . Fresh from the scenes of the " three days " revolution in France , the author came among us to observe , carefully and critically , the operation of the new principle ...
... American reader will find no better guide than M. DE TOCQUE- VILLE . Fresh from the scenes of the " three days " revolution in France , the author came among us to observe , carefully and critically , the operation of the new principle ...
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... American pen . There is no citizen of this country who will not derive instruction from our author's account of our national government , or , at least , who will not find his ... American editor are viii PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION .
... American pen . There is no citizen of this country who will not derive instruction from our author's account of our national government , or , at least , who will not find his ... American editor are viii PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION .
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 32 - King, defender of the faith, &c., having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do, by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid...
Seite 236 - The nation which indulges towards another an habitual 'hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.
Seite 236 - It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world ; so far I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it ; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.
Seite 152 - When occasions present themselves, in which the interests of the people are at variance with their inclinations, it is the duty of the persons whom they have appointed, to be the guardians of those interests ; to withstand the temporary delusion, in order to give them time and opportunity for more cool and sedate reflection.
Seite 459 - It hath sovereign and uncontrollable authority in the making, confirming, enlarging, restraining, abrogating, repealing, reviving, and expounding of laws, concerning matters of all possible denominations, ecclesiastical or temporal, civil, military, maritime, or criminal: this being the place where that absolute despotic power, which must in all governments reside somewhere, is entrusted by the constitution of these kingdoms.
Seite 152 - The republican principle demands that the deliberate sense of the community should govern the conduct of those to whom they intrust the management of their affairs ; but it does not require an unqualified complaisance to every sudden breeze of passion, or to every transient impulse which the people may receive from the arts of men, who flatter their prejudices to betray their interests.
Seite 274 - It is of great importance in a republic not only to guard the society against the oppression of its rulers, but to guard one part of the society against the injustice of the other part.
Seite 361 - ... succeed in wholly depriving it of its rights ; but the Americans of the United States have accomplished this twofold purpose with singular felicity ; tranquilly, legally, philanthropically, without shedding blood, and without violating a single great principle of morality in the eyes of the world. f It is impossible to destroy men with more respect for the laws of humanity.
Seite 1 - Amongst the novel objects that attracted my attention during my stay in the United States, nothing struck me more forcibly than the general equality of condition among the people.
Seite 65 - ... the balance of powers, and collects clear practical notions on the nature of his duties and the extent of his rights.