Modern Democracies, Količina 2Macmillan, 1921 |
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Stran 384 - THERE is no better test of the excellence of a government than the efficiency of its judicial system, for nothing more nearly touches the welfare and security of the average citizen than his sense that he can rely on the certain and prompt administration of justice.
Stran 529 - My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
Stran 529 - That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets. 15 Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.
Stran 540 - In all assemblies and groups and organized bodies of men, from a nation down to a committee of a club, direction and decisions rest in the hands of a small percentage, less and less in proportion to the larger size of the body, till in a great population it becomes an infinitesimally small proportion of the whole number.
Stran 444 - It was in small communities that democracy first arose; it was from them that the theories of its first literary prophets and apostles were derived : it is in them that the way in which the real will of the people tells upon the working of the government can best be studied, because most of the questions that come before the people are within their own knowledge."* Prof.
Stran 607 - Hope, often disappointed but always renewed, is the anchor by which the ship that carries democracy and its fortunes will have to ride out this latest storm as it has ridden out many storms before.
Stran 500 - Social structure is an important factor. Where men are divided by language, or by religion, or caste distinctions grounded on race or on occupation, there are grounds for mutual distrust and animosity which make it hard for them to act together or for each section to recognize equal rights in the other.
Stran 12 - The peculiar and essential qualities of the Government established by the Constitution are — First. It is representative. Second. It recognizes the liberty of the individual citizen as distinguished from the total mass of citizens, and it protects that liberty by specific limitations upon the power of government.
Stran 69 - ... of the party and of the nation. He is the party nominee, and the only party nominee for whom the whole nation votes. Members of the House and Senate are representatives of localities, are voted for only by sections of voters, or by local bodies of electors like the members of the state legislatures.
Stran 386 - Court are appointed by the President with the consent of the Senate, and hold office for life (or "during good behavior"). The Government thus has what is known as a system of "checks and balances.