The Citadel of Freedom: A Brief Study of the Constitution and Its Builders, and of the Movement to Destroy itTimes-Mirror Press, 1923 - 152 Seiten |
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... stitution , he showed clearly why he had worked for it and what he understood it to signify . " The Constitution , " he wrote , " is provided with more checks and barriers against the introduction of tyranny , and those of a nature less ...
... stitution , he showed clearly why he had worked for it and what he understood it to signify . " The Constitution , " he wrote , " is provided with more checks and barriers against the introduction of tyranny , and those of a nature less ...
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... stitution which was to be submitted to their conventions for ratification , he conceived and was mainly instrumental in executing a plan whereby The Federalist series came into be- ing , not only attaining his goal but making a ...
... stitution which was to be submitted to their conventions for ratification , he conceived and was mainly instrumental in executing a plan whereby The Federalist series came into be- ing , not only attaining his goal but making a ...
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... stitution could be interpreted by the letter and the government could be shackled to virtual impotence , or the Constitution could be in- terpreted broadly , and the government could then be operated according to its implied as well as ...
... stitution could be interpreted by the letter and the government could be shackled to virtual impotence , or the Constitution could be in- terpreted broadly , and the government could then be operated according to its implied as well as ...
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... stitution could not tell accurately the popular trend . In the Virginia convention , as in the Con- stitutional Convention , Madison spoke more frequently and more effectively than any man in attendance . Even the eloquence of Henry ...
... stitution could not tell accurately the popular trend . In the Virginia convention , as in the Con- stitutional Convention , Madison spoke more frequently and more effectively than any man in attendance . Even the eloquence of Henry ...
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... stitution gave no countenance . " But Marshall examines the question as if it were " entirely new " ; and gives an historical account of the Constitution which , for clear- ness and brevity , has never been surpassed . Thus he proves ...
... stitution gave no countenance . " But Marshall examines the question as if it were " entirely new " ; and gives an historical account of the Constitution which , for clear- ness and brevity , has never been surpassed . Thus he proves ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 113 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union ; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood!
Seite 113 - Liberty first and Union afterwards ; but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable.
Seite 112 - While the Union lasts, we have high, exciting, gratifying prospects spread out before us, for us and our children. Beyond that I seek not to penetrate the veil. God grant that in my day at least, that curtain may not rise!
Seite 139 - It is too probable that no plan we propose will be adopted. Perhaps another dreadful conflict is to be sustained. If, to please the people, we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterwards defend our work ? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest can repair : the event is in the hand of God.
Seite 57 - One method of assault may be to effect, in the forms of the constitution, alterations which will impair the energy of the system; and thus to undermine what cannot be directly overthrown. In all the changes to which you may be invited, remember that time and habit are at least as necessary to fix the true character of governments, as of other human institutions...
Seite 89 - Theoretic politicians, who have patronized this species of Government, have erroneously supposed, that by reducing mankind to a perfect equality in their political rights, they would, at the same time, be perfectly equalized and assimilated in their possessions, their opinions, and their passions.
Seite 54 - I may even venture to say, to the existence of the United States as an Independent Power: First.
Seite 98 - The government of the Union, then, (whatever may be the influence of this fact on the case,) is, emphatically and truly, a government of the people. In form and in substance it emanates from them. Its powers are granted by them, and are to be exercised directly on them, and for their benefit.
Seite 69 - The efficacy of various principles is now well understood, which were either not known at all, or imperfectly known to the ancients. The regular distribution of power into distinct departments; the introduction of legislative balances and checks; the institution of courts composed of judges holding their offices during good behavior; the representation of the people in the legislature by deputies of their own election: these are wholly new discoveries, or have made their principal progress towards...
Seite 113 - ... drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood! Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the Republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced,* its arms and trophies streaming in their original lustre, not a stripe erased or polluted, not a single star obscured, bearing for its motto no such miserable interrogatory as "What is all this worth?