Democracy in America, Band 15Colonial Press, 1899 |
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... citizens , is often a person who is unfit for any public duty or trust . In a town government , having a small area of jurisdic- tion , where the voice of the majority of qualified voters is conclusive , the fitness of the person who is ...
... citizens , is often a person who is unfit for any public duty or trust . In a town government , having a small area of jurisdic- tion , where the voice of the majority of qualified voters is conclusive , the fitness of the person who is ...
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... citizens of the United States as the first philosophic and comprehensive view of our so- ciety , institutions , and destiny . No one can rise even from the most cursory perusal without clearer insight and more patriotic X DE TOCQUEVILLE.
... citizens of the United States as the first philosophic and comprehensive view of our so- ciety , institutions , and destiny . No one can rise even from the most cursory perusal without clearer insight and more patriotic X DE TOCQUEVILLE.
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... citizens to protect his own weakness ; and as he knows that if they are to assist he must co - operate , he will readily perceive that his personal interest is identified with the interest of the community . The nation , taken as a ...
... citizens to protect his own weakness ; and as he knows that if they are to assist he must co - operate , he will readily perceive that his personal interest is identified with the interest of the community . The nation , taken as a ...
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Alexis de Tocqueville. influence of a small body of citizens , which , if it was sometimes oppressive , was often conservative . The division of property has lessened the distance which separated the rich from the poor ; but it would ...
Alexis de Tocqueville. influence of a small body of citizens , which , if it was sometimes oppressive , was often conservative . The division of property has lessened the distance which separated the rich from the poor ; but it would ...
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... citizens are equal in the eye of the law . But , by a singular concourse of events , religion is entangled in those insti- tutions which democracy assails , and it is not unfrequently brought to reject the equality it loves , and to ...
... citizens are equal in the eye of the law . But , by a singular concourse of events , religion is entangled in those insti- tutions which democracy assails , and it is not unfrequently brought to reject the equality it loves , and to ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
administration advantages affairs Ameri American amongst Anglo-Americans aristocracy Atlantic Ocean authority body cause central citizens civil colonies condition conduct confederate consequences Constitution Court of Sessions courts of justice dangers democracy Democracy in America democratic derived despotism elected emigrants England equal established Europe European evil executive government executive power exercise existence favorable February 20 Federal Government France frequently functionaries habits human increase independence Indians individual influence inhabitants institutions interests judges judicial power jury labor land lative laws Laws of Massachusetts legislation legislature less liberty magistrate majority manners means ment midst moral nation natural negroes never North North America obliged opinion parties passions perceive political population possession present President principles prosperity public officers race religion representatives republican republics slavery slaves social society South sovereignty spirit TEIRESIAS territory tion town township tribunals Union United universal suffrage whilst
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 33 - 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 offices, 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 234 - 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 439 - 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. The conquests of the American are therefore gained by the plowshare; those of the Russian by the sword.
Seite 439 - There are at the present time, two great nations in the world which seem to tend towards the same end, although they started from different points; I allude to the Russians and the Americans.
Seite 312 - And whereas the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God and the care of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their function...
Seite 38 - ... to the end that learning may not be buried in the graves of our forefathers in church and commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeavors.
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...
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 306 - States the sovereign authority is religious, and consequently hypocrisy must be common; but there is no country in the whole world in which the Christian religion retains a greater influence over the souls of men than in America...
Seite 150 - It is a just observation, that the people commonly intend the PUBLIC GOOD. This often applies to their very errors. But their good sense would despise the adulator who should pretend that they always reason right about the means of promoting it. They know from experience that they sometimes err; and the wonder is that they so seldom err as they do, beset, as they continually are, by the wiles of parasites and sycophants, by the snares of the ambitious, the avaricious, the desperate...