 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1788 - 738 strani
...a fmall quantity of clothes, and a few trifles of other moveables. Would Mr. Nedham be refponfible, that if all were to be decided by a vote of the majority,...nine millions who have no property would not think of ufurping over the rights of the one or two millions who have? Property is, furely, a right of mankind... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1788 - 738 strani
...a fmall quantity of clothes, and a few trifles of other moveables. Would Mr. Nedham be refponfible, that if all were to be decided by a vote of the majority,...nine millions who have no property would not think of ufurping over the rights of the one or two millions who have? Property is, furely, a right of mankind... | |
 | John Adams - 1794 - 584 strani
...a fmall quantity of clothes, and a few trifles of other moveables. Would Mr. Nedham be rcfponfible that, if all were to be decided by a vote of the majority,...millions who have no property, would not think of ufurping over the rights of the one or two millions who have ? Property is furely a right of mankind... | |
 | John Adams, Charles Francis Adams - 1851 - 566 strani
...property, except a small quantity of clothes, and a few trifles of other movables. Would Mr. Nedham be responsible that, if all were to be decided by a vote...over the rights of the one or two millions who have ? Property is surely a right of mankind as really as liberty. Perhaps, at first, prejudice, habit,... | |
 | Paul Woodruff - 2006 - 304 strani
...property, except a small quantity of clothes, and a few trifles of other movables. Would Mr. Nedham be responsible that, if all were to be decided by a vote...over the rights of the one or two millions who have? Property is surely a right of mankind as really as liberty. Perhaps, at first, prejudice, habit, attacking... | |
 | Martin Bronfenbrenner - 1971 - 506 strani
...not more than one or two millions will have lands, houses, or any personal property. Would [you] be responsible that, if all were to be decided by a vote...over the rights of the one or two millions who have? Perhaps, at first, prejudice, habit, shame or fear, principle or religion, would restrain the poor... | |
 | Robert E. Goodin, Charles Tilly - 2006 - 942 strani
...for just that reason. As Adams put it, Suppose a nation, rich and poor. . . all assembled together If all were to be decided by a vote of the majority, [would not] the eight or nine millions who have no property. . . think of usurping over the rights... | |
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Nedham be responsible that, if all were to be decided by a vote of the majority, the eight or nine millions who have no property, would not think of usurping over the rights of the one or two millions who have? Property is surely a right of mankind as... 