The Republic of the United States of America: And Its Political Institutions, Reviewed and ExaminedA.S. Barnes & Company, 1855 - 875 Seiten |
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... liberty that was ever enjoyed by any people . In tracing these causes , in examining how far they continue to influence our conduct , manners , and opinions , and in searching for the means of preventing their decay or destruction , the ...
... liberty that was ever enjoyed by any people . In tracing these causes , in examining how far they continue to influence our conduct , manners , and opinions , and in searching for the means of preventing their decay or destruction , the ...
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... liberty , greatness , happiness , & c . , are made to give place to precise and accurate knowledge of the true merits of our institutions , the peculiar objects they are calculated to attain or promote , and the means provided for that ...
... liberty , greatness , happiness , & c . , are made to give place to precise and accurate knowledge of the true merits of our institutions , the peculiar objects they are calculated to attain or promote , and the means provided for that ...
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... Liberty of the Press in the United States 194 CHAPTER XII . Political Associations in the United States 204 CHAPTER XIII . Government of the Democracy in America 213 Universal Suffrage 213 • · Choice of the People , and instinctive ...
... Liberty of the Press in the United States 194 CHAPTER XII . Political Associations in the United States 204 CHAPTER XIII . Government of the Democracy in America 213 Universal Suffrage 213 • · Choice of the People , and instinctive ...
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... . Why democratic nations show a more ardent and enduring love of equality than of liberty CHAPTER II . Of individualism in democratic communities 64 67 81 • 90 94 99 104 CHAPTER III . Individualism stronger at the close of a xvi.
... . Why democratic nations show a more ardent and enduring love of equality than of liberty CHAPTER II . Of individualism in democratic communities 64 67 81 • 90 94 99 104 CHAPTER III . Individualism stronger at the close of a xvi.
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... liberty as a foe , which it might hallow by its alliance . By the side of these religious men I discern others whose looks are turned to the earth more than to heaven ; they are the partisans of liberty , not only as the source of the ...
... liberty as a foe , which it might hallow by its alliance . By the side of these religious men I discern others whose looks are turned to the earth more than to heaven ; they are the partisans of liberty , not only as the source of the ...
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Seite 250 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Seite 250 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice...
Seite 35 - God, and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid ; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and officers, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony ; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Seite 251 - I repeat it, therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. But in my opinion, it is unnecessary and would be unwise to extend them. Taking care always to keep ourselves by suitable establishments on a respectable defensive posture, we may safely trust to temporary alliances for extraordinary emergencies.
Seite 291 - In a society under the forms of which the stronger faction can readily unite and oppress the weaker, anarchy may as truly be said to reign as in a state of nature, where the weaker individual is not secured against the violence of the stronger; and as, in the latter state, even the stronger individuals are prompted, by the uncertainty of their condition, to submit to a government which may protect the weak as well as themselves...
Seite 251 - 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 55 - America, then, exhibits in her social state a most extraordinary phenomenon. Men are there seen on a greater equality in point of fortune and intellect, or in other words, more equal in their strength, than in any other country of the world, or, in any age of which history has preserved the remembrance.
Seite 34 - IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign lord King James, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, etc.
Seite 387 - ... this being the place where that absolute despotic power which must, in all governments, reside somewhere, is intrusted by the constitution of these kingdoms. All mischiefs and grievances, operations and remedies, that transcend the ordinary course of the laws, are within the reach of this extraordinary tribunal.
Seite 467 - The American struggles against the obstacles that nature opposes to him; the adversaries of the Russian are men. The former combats the wilderness and savage life; the latter civilization with all its arms.