 | Edward McPherson - 1871 - 670 strani
...conflict one or the other must perish. This nation, as experience has proved. OIL not always remain ccording to its own judgment exclusively is essential...perfection and endurance of our political fabric depends oi рттст, with hatred of liberty, and contempt of b'v, may fill the place once occupied by Washington... | |
 | Edward McPherson - 1871 - 678 strani
...conflict one or the other must perish. This nation, as experience has proved, cannot always remain at peace, and has no right to expect that it will...humane rulers, sincerely attached to the principles of tho Constitution. Wicked men, ambitious of power, with hatred of liberty, and contempt of law, may... | |
 | Edward McPherson - 1875 - 664 strani
...conflict one or the other must perish. This nation, as experience has proved, cannot always remain at peace, and has no right to expect that it will...of the Constitution. Wicked men, ambitious of power v with hatred of liberty, and contempt of law, may fill the place once occupied by Washington and Lincoln;... | |
 | Edward McPherson - 1880 - 662 strani
...conflict ont1 v the other must perish. This nation, as experience has proved, cannot always remain at peace, and has no right to expect that it will always have wise and liur.i^n» rulers, sincerely attached to the principles of the Constitution. Wicked men, ambitious... | |
 | 1906 - 1166 strani
...together; the antagonism is irreconcilable; and, In the conflict, one or the other must perish. * * * Wicked men, ambitious of power, with hatred of liberty...occupied by Washington and Lincoln : and If this right be conceded, and the calamities of war again befall us, the dangers to human liberty are frightful... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1899 - 618 strani
...it in the opinion of the court in the Milligan case : " Wicked men ambitious of power," he said, " with hatred of liberty and contempt of law, may fill...place once occupied by Washington and Lincoln, and if > Lincoln, Complete Works, vol. ii. p. 347 ct seq. this right is conceded [that of a commander in a... | |
 | Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Sheppard Dashiell, Harlan Logan - 1903 - 954 strani
...Lincoln. This the Supreme Court foresaw when it rendered its judgment in the Milligan case, saying : " Wicked men ambitious of power, with hatred of liberty...Washington and Lincoln, and if this right is conceded [that of a commander in a time of war to declare martial law within the lines of his military district... | |
 | Philippines. Supreme Court - 1907 - 984 strani
...Ex parte Milligan (4 Wallace 2, 125) : "This nation, as experience has proved, can not always remain at peace, and has no right to expect that it will...the place once occupied by Washington and Lincoln." With the exception of one case decided by the supreme court of Idaho, no authorities are presented... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1906 - 622 strani
...it in the opinion of the court in the Milligan case : " Wicked men ambitious of power," he said, " with hatred of liberty and contempt of law, may fill...place once occupied by Washington and Lincoln, and if * Lincoln, Complete Works, vol. 1i. p. 847 et seq. * The letter to the Ohio committee is printed, ibid.,... | |
 | Morris Friedman - 1907 - 260 strani
...during any of the great exigencies of government. Such a doctrine leads directly to anarchy or despotism Wicked men, ambitious of power, with hatred of liberty and contempt of law, may fill the places once occupied by Washington and Lincoln; and if this right (the right of the executive and his... | |
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Presidents serve us as inspirations, and they also serve us as warnings. They provide bad examples as well as good. The nation, the Supreme Court has said, has "no right to expect that it will always have wise and humane rulers, sincerely attached to... 
