 | Larry D. Kramer - 2004 - 376 strani
...society."116 This was Jefferson's point when he urged in his first inaugural address that Americans "bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the...cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable."117 Ensuring that the will of the majority was reasonable was a responsibility of leadership.... | |
 | Stephen J. Wayne - 2004 - 210 strani
...Reapportionment Oecisions 8tere Glickman All, too, will hear to mind this sacred principle, tint thongh tiie will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to he rightfnl mnst he reasonahle; that the minority possess their eqnal rights which eqnal law mnst protect,... | |
 | Vijaya Kumar - 2013 - 212 strani
...to write what they think; but this being now decided by the voice of the nation, announced according to the rules of the constitution, all will, of course,...the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will be rightful, must be reasonable, that the minority possess their equal rights which equal law must... | |
 | Bruce Ackerman - 2005 - 424 strani
...to write what they think; but this being now decided by the voice of the nation, announced according to the rules of the Constitution, all will, of course,...the law, and unite in common efforts for the common good."1 The new president chose his words carefully. According to Jefferson, it was the "voice of the... | |
 | John A. Marini, Ken Masugi - 2005 - 406 strani
...1t is for this reason that Thomas Jefferson would remind the people in his First 1naugural Address, that "though the will of the majority is in all cases...prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable." The Constitution prevents a majority from giving up its reason in the service of its will. Even the... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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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