Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United StatesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1998 - 32 strani |
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Stran 15
... human institutions , that experience is the surest standard by which to test the real tendency of the existing constitution of a country , that facil- ity in changes upon the credit of mere hypotheses and opinion exposes to perpetual ...
... human institutions , that experience is the surest standard by which to test the real tendency of the existing constitution of a country , that facil- ity in changes upon the credit of mere hypotheses and opinion exposes to perpetual ...
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... human mind . It exists under different shapes in all governments , more or less stifled , controlled , or repressed ; but in those of the popular form it is seen in its greatest rankness and is truly their worst enemy . The alternate ...
... human mind . It exists under different shapes in all governments , more or less stifled , controlled , or repressed ; but in those of the popular form it is seen in its greatest rankness and is truly their worst enemy . The alternate ...
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... human heart is sufficient to satisfy us of the truth of this position . The necessity of reciprocal checks in the exercise of political power , by dividing and distributing it into different depositories and constituting each the ...
... human heart is sufficient to satisfy us of the truth of this position . The necessity of reciprocal checks in the exercise of political power , by dividing and distributing it into different depositories and constituting each the ...
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... human happiness , these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens . The mere politician , equally with the pious man , ought to respect and to cherish them . A volume could not trace all their connections with private and public ...
... human happiness , these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens . The mere politician , equally with the pious man , ought to respect and to cherish them . A volume could not trace all their connections with private and public ...
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... human nature . Alas ! is it rendered impos- sible by its vices ? In the execution of such a plan nothing is more essential than that permanent , inveterate an- tipathies against particular nations and passionate attachments for others ...
... human nature . Alas ! is it rendered impos- sible by its vices ? In the execution of such a plan nothing is more essential than that permanent , inveterate an- tipathies against particular nations and passionate attachments for others ...
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Stran 14 - All obstructions to the execution of the laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle and of fatal tendency.
Stran 18 - Thus the policy and the will of one country are subjected to the policy and will of another. " There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government, and serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty.
Stran 21 - Promote then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Stran 26 - Excessive partiality for one foreign nation, and excessive dislike of another, cause those whom they actuate, to see danger only on one side, and serve to veil, and even second, the arts of influence on the other.
Stran 15 - Towards the preservation of your government and the permanency of your present happy state, it is requisite not only that you steadily discountenance irregular oppositions to its acknowledged authority but also that you resist with care the spirit of innovation upon its principles, however specious the pretexts.
Stran 13 - To the efficacy and permanency of your union a government for the whole is indispensable. No alliances, however strict, between the parts can be an adequate substitute. They must inevitably experience the infractions and interruptions which all alliances in all times have experienced. Sensible of this momentous truth, you have improved upon your first essay by the adoption of a Constitution of Government better calculated than your former for an intimate union and for the efficacious management of...
Stran 31 - The considerations which respect the right to hold this conduct, it is not necessary on this occasion to detail. I will only observe, that according to my understanding of the matter, that right, so far from being denied by any of the belligerent powers, has been virtually admitted by all.
Stran 23 - ... people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence. Who can doubt, that in the course of time and things, the fruits of such a plan would richly repay any temporary advantages which might be lost by a steady adherence to it? Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue? The experiment, at least, is recommended by every sentiment which ennobles human nature. Alas ! is it rendered impossible by its vices?
Stran 11 - ... will afford a happy issue to the experiment. It is well worth a fair and full experiment. With such powerful and obvious motives to Union, affecting all parts of our country, while experience shall not have demonstrated its impracticability, there will always be reason to distrust the patriotism of those who in any quarter may endeavor to weaken its bands.
Stran 4 - In looking forward to the moment which is intended to terminate the career of my public life, my feelings do not permit me to suspend the deep acknowledgment of that debt of gratitude which I owe to my beloved country, for the many honors it has conferred upon me...