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... necessary : 1. That a certain time and place be as- signed for assembling . 2. That the vote of the majority must pass for the vote of the whole body . 3. That magistrates be appointed to exercise the authority of the whole for the ...
... necessary : 1. That a certain time and place be as- signed for assembling . 2. That the vote of the majority must pass for the vote of the whole body . 3. That magistrates be appointed to exercise the authority of the whole for the ...
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... necessary for the purposes of agitation , and later for organized rebellion , especially in those colonies with royal governors . The germs of these revolutionary organizations which soon widened into 21 INDEPENDENCE, UNION, AND SELF ...
... necessary for the purposes of agitation , and later for organized rebellion , especially in those colonies with royal governors . The germs of these revolutionary organizations which soon widened into 21 INDEPENDENCE, UNION, AND SELF ...
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... necessary and always to be kept down to an irreducible minimum by a jealous vigilance . Jefferson put the doctrine in concrete form when he declared that he pre- ferred newspapers without government to government without newspapers ...
... necessary and always to be kept down to an irreducible minimum by a jealous vigilance . Jefferson put the doctrine in concrete form when he declared that he pre- ferred newspapers without government to government without newspapers ...
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... Elliot's Debates , Vol . V , p . 243 . 3 Ibid . , Vol . V , p . 244 . 2 Ibid . , Vol . V , p . 387 . 4 Ibid . , Vol . V , p . 203 . it was necessary to base the political system on the 48 American Government and Politics.
... Elliot's Debates , Vol . V , p . 243 . 3 Ibid . , Vol . V , p . 244 . 2 Ibid . , Vol . V , p . 387 . 4 Ibid . , Vol . V , p . 203 . it was necessary to base the political system on the 48 American Government and Politics.
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Charles Austin Beard. it was necessary to base the political system on the actual conditions of " natural inequality ... necessary . " 3 With this view , Mr. Hamilton agreed : " We owed it to our country to do on this 2 Elliot's Debates ...
Charles Austin Beard. it was necessary to base the political system on the actual conditions of " natural inequality ... necessary . " 3 With this view , Mr. Hamilton agreed : " We owed it to our country to do on this 2 Elliot's Debates ...
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Page 700 - A landed interest, a manufacturing interest, a mercantile interest, a moneyed interest, with many lesser interests, grow up of necessity in civilized nations, and divide them into different classes actuated by different sentiments and views.
Page 321 - International law is part of our law, and must be ascertained and administered by the courts of justice of appropriate jurisdiction, as often as questions of right depending upon it are duly presented for their determination.
Page 159 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.
Page 295 - ... the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the Government, upon vital questions affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.
Page 313 - It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world...
Page 704 - ... multiplied by the number of his shares of stock shall equal, or to distribute them on the same principle among as many candidates as he shall think fit; and such directors or managers shall not be elected in any other manner.
Page 47 - The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to a uniformity, of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government.
Page 62 - They would contain various exceptions to powers not granted; and, on this very account, would afford a colorable pretext to claim more than were granted. For why declare that things shall not be done which there is no power to do?
Page 724 - The Legislature shall provide for the maintenance and support of a system of free common schools, wherein all the children of this State may be educated.
Page 276 - The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.