 The Americans hold, that in every state the supreme power ought to emanate from the people; but when once that power is constituted, they can conceive, as it were, no limits to it, and they are ready to admit that it has the right to do whatever it pleases.  Democracy in America - Stran 202avtor: Alexis de Tocqueville - 1840Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Scott L. McLean, David A. Schultz, Manfred B. Steger - 2002 - 316 strani
...very much, there doesn't seem to be much reason for anything but the uniform application of the law. "The Americans hold that in every state the supreme...to cities, families, or persons; their minds appear never to have foreseen that it might be possible not to apply with strict uniformity the same laws... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - 2003 - 758 strani
...we shall detect some of the notions which I have just pointed out, and we shall perhaps be surprised to find so much accordance between men who are so...to cities, families or persons: their minds appear never to have foreseen that it might be possible not to apply with strict uniformity the same laws... | |
 | J. Thomas Wren - 2007 - 423 strani
...coherent program to withstand the tyranny of the majority that Tocqueville hoped to address. In his view, 'The Americans hold that in every state the supreme...emanate from the people; but when once that power is instituted, they can conceive, as it were, no limits to it, and they are ready to admit that it has... | |
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