History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... justice and liberty more than one way of entering into governments : and it would be foolishly to reduce their chances of success if we condemned them to appear always with the same lineaments , and to develope themselves by the same ...
... justice and liberty more than one way of entering into governments : and it would be foolishly to reduce their chances of success if we condemned them to appear always with the same lineaments , and to develope themselves by the same ...
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... justice and reason . - Governments ought to be continu- ally reminded of their obligation to inquire into and conform to these laws . - Classification of governments on this principle LECTURE VII . - · Comparison of the principles of ...
... justice and reason . - Governments ought to be continu- ally reminded of their obligation to inquire into and conform to these laws . - Classification of governments on this principle LECTURE VII . - · Comparison of the principles of ...
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... justice , love of liberty , all that makes society dignified and secure , were a discovery of to - day , made by the generation which has last appeared . In thus renouncing its ancestors , this generation forgets that it will soon join ...
... justice , love of liberty , all that makes society dignified and secure , were a discovery of to - day , made by the generation which has last appeared . In thus renouncing its ancestors , this generation forgets that it will soon join ...
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... Justice has not retired from the world , even when it finds there least support : -it has constantly sought and embraced , both with governments and in the midst of peoples , all opportunities for extending its dominion . It has ...
... Justice has not retired from the world , even when it finds there least support : -it has constantly sought and embraced , both with governments and in the midst of peoples , all opportunities for extending its dominion . It has ...
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... Justice , and justice alone , is due to that which no longer exists , as well as to that which still remains . Respect for the past means neither approbation nor silence for that which is false , culpable , or dangerous . The past ...
... Justice , and justice alone , is due to that which no longer exists , as well as to that which still remains . Respect for the past means neither approbation nor silence for that which is false , culpable , or dangerous . The past ...
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Page 366 - I. Edward, by the grace of God, King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Guyan, to all those that these present letters shall hear or see, greeting. Know ye that we to the honour of God and of holy Church, and to the profit of our realm, have granted for us and our heirs, that the Charter of Liberties and the Charter of the Forest, which were made by common assent of all the realm, in the time of King Henry our father, shall be kept in every point without breach.