| Noah M. Jedidiah Pickus - 2005 - 280 strani
...rights. " [B]ear in mind this sacred principle," Thomas Jefferson said in his First Inaugural Address, "that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable."7 To ensure this reasonableness, many framers and early legislators focused on the importance... | |
| Holly Brewer - 2012 - 420 strani
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| Sean Wilentz - 2006 - 1114 strani
...Now that the citizenry had voted, "according to the rules of the Constitution," all Americans would "of course, arrange themselves under the will of the law, and unite in common efforts for the common good."'2 As political rhetoric, this was a riskv but brilliant combination of disingenuousness and... | |
| Ronald J. Pestritto, Thomas G. West - 2005 - 318 strani
...explained in his First Inaugural Address, "the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, but that will to be rightful must be reasonable, that...the minority possess their equal rights which equal law must protect."4" A government built upon the consent of the governed, operating through majority... | |
| Kenneth R. Bowling, Donald R. Kennon - 2005 - 238 strani
...equal treatment from the new government and the president. Jefferson called on his fellow citizens to "unite in common efforts for the common good. All too will bear in mind the sacred principle that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to... | |
| Fred R. Shapiro - 2006 - 1092 strani
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| John J. Patrick - 2006 - 113 strani
...States, expressed this concept of democracy in 1801 in his First Inaugural Address. He said, All . . . will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though...the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect and to violate would be oppression. In every genuine democracy today, majority rule... | |
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