 | Constitutional law - 1802 - 344 pages
...made plainer by argument or reasoning. It rests upon axioms, as simple as they are universal—the means ought to be proportioned to the end; the persons from whose agency the attainment of any end is expected, ought to possess the means by which it is to be attained. Whether there ought... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional history - 1817 - 570 pages
...and may be obscured, but cannot be made plainer by argument or reasoning. It rests upon axioms, as simple as they are universal — the means ought to...end; the persons from whose agency the attainment of any end is expected, ought to possess the means by which it is to be attained. Whether there ought... | |
 | James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1818 - 882 pages
...argument or reasoning. It rests upon axioms, as simple as they are universal... .the means ought to he proportioned to the end; the persons from whose agency the attainment of any end is expected, ought to possess the means by which it is to be attained. Whether there ought... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1825 - 762 pages
..." The means ouglu to be proportioned to the end. The person (rom whose agency the attainment of any end is expected, ought to possess the means by which it is to be attained." Again, Mr. Hamilton says : " The powers are not too extensive for the objects of Federal Administration... | |
 | James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1826 - 736 pages
...and may be obscured, but cannot be made plainer by argument or reasoning. It rests upon axioms, as simple as they are universal.... the means ought to...end; the persons from whose agency the attainment of any end is expected, ought to possess the means by which it is to be attained. Whether there ought... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional history - 1837 - 516 pages
...and may be obscured, but cannot be made plainer by argument or reasoning. .It rests upon axioms, as simple as they are universal — the means ought to...end; the persons from whose agency the attainment of any end is expected, ought to possess the means by which it is to be attained. Whether there ought... | |
 | George Robertson - Kentucky - 1855 - 422 pages
...parties, was adopted. This consideration, sustained by indisputable facts, should alone be conclusive. "The means ought to be proportioned to the end. The persons from whose agency the attainment of any end is expected, ought to possess the means by which it is to be attained." "Whether there ought... | |
 | William Whiting - Executive power - 1862 - 162 pages
...direction, or support of the NATIONAL FORCES." This statement, Hamilton says, — " Rests upon two axioms, simple as they are universal : the means ought to...possess the means by which it is to be attained." f The doctrine of the Supreme Court of the United States, announced by Chief Justice Marshall, and... | |
 | William Whiting - History - 1862 - 144 pages
...direction, or support of the NATIONAL FORCES." This statement, Hamilton says, — " Rests upon two axioms, simple as they are universal: the means ought to be...possess the means by which it is to be attained." f The doctrine of the Supreme Court of the United States, announced by Chief Justice Marshall, and... | |
 | Henry Barton Dawson - Constitutional law - 1863 - 770 pages
...; and may be obscured, but cannot be made plainer by argument or reasoning. It rests upon axioms as simple as they are universal ; the means ought to...end; the persons, from whose agency the attainment of any end is expected, ought to possess the means by which it is to be attained. Whether there ought... | |
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It rests upon axioms as simple as they are universal ; the means ought to be proportioned to the end ; the persons, from whose agency the attainment of any end is expected, ought to possess the means by which it is to be attained. 
