Political philosophy [by H.P. Brougham]. |
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Сторінка 57 - I ever heard such a thing even whispered ; and I am as certain as I am of my own existence, that, during the whole of that period, not one act of a corrupt nature had ever been done by any one member of either House.
Сторінка 33 - The essence of Representation, then, is that the power of the people should be parted with, and given over, for a limited period, to the deputy chosen by the people, and that he should perform that part in the government which, but for this transfer, would have been performed by the people themselves.
Сторінка 111 - ... thing of necessarily rare occurrence, because there will always be a conflict of parties, and the people are prone to suspicion of all powerful men. ' 2. No risk is run of incapable or wicked men holding the supreme direction of affairs, either in the legislature or in an executive department. No infant in the cradle, no driveling idiot, no furious maniac, no corrupt or vicious profligate, can ever govern the state, and bring all authority into hatred or contempt. ' 3. The course of legislation...
Сторінка 109 - ... of the community is sacrificed, it must be owing to incapacity, passion, or ignorance, and not to deliberate evil design. The sovereign in a monarchy pursues his own interest ; the privileged body in an aristocracy that of their order, or of its individual members. No such detriment can arise in a purely popular government. At least, the chances are exceedingly small, and the mischief can only arise from some party, or some individuals, obtaining so much favour with the people at large as to...
Сторінка 126 - State to the teaching of religious doctrines which they sincerely believe to be erroneous, proves excessively galling to them; and the same persons who could well bear to pay taxes which should go to the propagation of a physical, or even of a moral theory, deemed by them to be erroneous, would feel seriously aggrieved in paying their contributions towards propagating a religious doctrine which they believe to be false— not to mention that although a Government may have some legitimate interest...
Сторінка 53 - Undoubtedly great public spirit may be state itselt expected to prevail in such a nation, and the feelings of patriotism to be excited, or rather to be habitual with the people, each individual of whom feels his own weight and importance instead of being merged and lost in the countless multitude of a larger state. But this advantage is more than counterbalanced by the attendant evils of petty, contracted ideas, which such a narrow community engenders, and especially by the restlessness which arises...
Сторінка 189 - Withdrawn from all the turmoil of the popular assembly, its violence, its rashness, its deafness to reason, its abnegation of fairness and candour, they bear a part in a solemn and important discussion which can only be conducted by rational measures and determined according to the truth of the case alone. They are engaged in an inquiry where only truth is the object of pursuit, and all matters are disposed of on their real merits. The political education of the people is incalculably forwarded by...
Сторінка 83 - The deputy chosen represents the people of the whole community, exercises his own judgment upon all measures, receives freely the communications of his constituents, is not bound by their instructions, though liable to be dismissed by not being re-elected, in case the difference of opinion between him and them is irreconcilable and important, II.
Сторінка 30 - ... from other similar communities. He was to declare their particular will, and not to consult for the good of the whole. Each member of the federal union was heard by its delegate, as if it had been heard by itself. He was like an ambassador sent to treat with the ambassadors sent by other States. He was not a representative sent by one portion of a community, to consult with the representatives of other portions of the same community, and to devise the measures best adapted for securing the interests...
Сторінка 25 - The inhabitants of the conquered districts were considered by the haughty Romans as an inferior race, and were excluded from all the privileges of Roman citizens. They were not allowed to intermarry with Romans, nor to dwell in the city, nor to hold any offices, nor to have any voice in the elections, nor to enjoy any intercourse of sacred rites. Even the numerous levies which they furnished to the army were marshaled in separate and auxiliary legions, not incorporated with the Roman troops.