 I question whether democratic institutions could long be maintained ; and I cannot believe that a republic could subsist at the present time, if the influence of lawyers in public business did not increase in proportion to the power of the people.  Democracy in America: Volume I - Page 266by John Bigelow, Alexis de Tocqueville - 1899 - 416 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English periodicals - 1836 - 726 pages
...democratic institutions could long be maintained ; and 1 cannot believe that a republic could exist at the present time if the influence of lawyers in...increase in proportion to the power of the people." — (Vol. If., pp. 180 — 1.) It may indeed be doubted, whether this supposititious aristocratic influence,... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - Democracy - 1839 - 500 pages
...democratic principle, I question whether democratic institutions could long be maintained ; and I cannot believe that a republic could subsist at the present...of the people. This aristocratic character, which I hdd to be common to the legal profession, is much more distinctly marked in the United States and in... | |
 | Peter Freeland Aiken - Great Britain - 1842 - 206 pages
...democratic principle, I question whether democratic institutions could long be maintained ; and I cannot believe that a republic could subsist at the present...increase in proportion to the power of the people :" — a slender hope for republican institutions. The position which the senate occupies in the American... | |
 | Peter Freeland Aiken - Constitutional law - 1842 - 212 pages
...democratic principle, I question whether democratic institutions could long be maintained; and I cannot believe that a republic could subsist at the present...did not increase in proportion to the power of the people:"—a slender hope for republican institutions. The position which the senate occupies in the... | |
 | Samuel Owen - Law - 1847 - 490 pages
...belongs to them, their general spirit will be eminently conservative," &c. And again he says, " I cannot believe that a Republic could subsist at the present...did not increase in proportion to the power of the people."t Some, perhaps, may deny this salutary influence to the legal profession, or even dislike... | |
 | 1847 - 784 pages
...conservative," &c. And again he says, " I cannot believe that a Republic could subsist at the present lime, if the influence of lawyers in public business did not increase in proportion to Uie power of the people."! » Hea«e» the terms "Aristocratic" an.l " Dctnorr.itii1," in tiwir generic,... | |
 | 1847 - 814 pages
...conservative," &c. And again he says, " I cannot believe that a Republic could subsist at the present lime, if the influence of lawyers in public business did not increase in proportion lo the power of the people. "f * Ho uses the terms " Aristocratic" an:I " Democratic," in their generic,... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - Constitutional history - 1870 - 628 pages
...democratic institutions could long be maintained ; and I cannot believe that a republic could hope to exist at the present time, if the influence of lawyers in...did not increase in proportion to the power of the peopfe. This aristocratic character, which I hold to be common to the legal profession, is much more... | |
 | Law - 1884 - 550 pages
...bestowed. And so close an observer as De Toqueville has said: "That a Republic could not long exist, if the influence of lawyers in public business did...increase in proportion to the power of the people." Let ua not be deceived by the thought, that our profession as a whole are naturally or necessarily... | |
 | Law - 1920 - 516 pages
...passed upon a body of men. But in the course of that chapter he uses these memorable words : "I cannot believe that a republic could subsist at the present...increase in proportion to the power of the people." That is a warning which should never be forgotten. It is the language of him who has looked more deeply... | |
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