Society is, indeed, a contract. Subordinate contracts for objects of mere occasional interest may be dissolved at pleasure ; but the state ought not to be considered as nothing better than a partnership agreement in a trade of pepper and coffee, calico... The North American Review - Seite 422herausgegeben von - 1844Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Jesse Macy - 1896 - 570 Seiten
...in its relation to government took ancient and classic shapes in his mind. " The State," he said, " ought not to be considered as nothing better than...partnership agreement in a trade of pepper and coffee." "It is a partnership in all science and all art; every virtue and every perfection; a partnership between... | |
| John Henry Muirhead - 1897 - 644 Seiten
...is indeed a contract. Subordinate contracts for objects of mere occasional interest may be dissolved at pleasure ; but the state ought not to be considered...trade of pepper and coffee, calico or tobacco, or some other such low concern, to be taken up for a little temporary interest, and to be dissolved by the... | |
| Samuel Zane Batten - 1898 - 330 Seiten
...Worthy of all acceptance are the words of Burke, one of the clearest political thinkers of the world : " The state ought not to be considered as nothing better...trade of pepper and coffee, calico or tobacco, or some other such low concern, to be taken up for a little temporary interest, and to be dissolved by the... | |
| Robert Warden Lee - 1898 - 140 Seiten
...is indeed a contract. Subordinate contracts for objects of mere occasional interest may be dissolved at pleasure ; but the State ought not to be considered...than a partnership agreement in a trade of pepper or coffee, calico or tobacco, or some such other low concern to be taken up for a little temporary... | |
| William Prall - 1900 - 282 Seiten
...outcast, like Cain; and this is the causal origin of the state. Hence, we must agree with Burke, that, "The state ought not to be considered as nothing better...trade of pepper and coffee, calico or tobacco, or some other such low concern, to be taken up for a little temporary interest and to be dissolved by the fancy... | |
| Noah Knowles Davis - 1900 - 312 Seiten
...children and friends, or at least to make this his deliberate purpose." " The State," says Burke, " ought not to be considered as nothing better than...agreement in a trade of pepper, and coffee, calico 01 tobacco, to be taken up for a little temporary interest, and to be dissolved by the fancy of the... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1901 - 588 Seiten
...indeed, a contract. Subordinate contracts for objects of mere occasional interest may be dissolved at pleasure ; but the state ought not to be considered...trade of pepper and coffee, calico or tobacco, or some other such low concern, to be taken up for a little temporary interest, and to be dissolved by the... | |
| Benjamin Kidd - 1902 - 588 Seiten
...indeed, a contract. Subordinate contracts for objects of mere occasional interest may be dissolved at pleasure; but the State ought not to be considered...trade of pepper and coffee, calico or tobacco, or some other such low concern, to be taken up for a little temporary interest, and to be dissolved by the... | |
| George Lawrence Scherger - 1904 - 324 Seiten
...indeed, a contract. Subordinate contracts for objects of mere occasional interest may be dissolved at pleasure; but the State ought not to be considered...trade of pepper and coffee, calico or tobacco, or some other such low concern, to be taken up for a little temporary interest, and to be dissolved by the... | |
| Lorin Gurney Sampson Farr - 1904 - 218 Seiten
...The greatest of English Statesmen and Orators. EDMUND BURKE. THE LOGOS OF BURKE ON THE IDEAL STATE. The State ought not to be considered as nothing better...in a trade of pepper and coffee, calico or tobacco, to be taken up for a little temporary interest, and to be dissolved by the fancy of the parties. It... | |
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