| James F. Simon - 2003 - 356 strani
...will of the law, and unite in common efforts for the common good." All could agree on at least one sacred principle: "That though the will of the majority...protect, and to violate which would be oppression." Jefferson then hazarded a reference to the wars in Europe, including the French Revolution ("the agonizing... | |
| Ronald J. Pestritto, Thomas G. West - 2003 - 304 strani
...the standards to which will ought to conform. In his First Inaugural Address of 1801 Jefferson said: "though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable."6 Following its introductory sentence, the Declaration has two main parts. "We hold these... | |
| Stephen Howard Browne - 2003 - 180 strani
...course, arrange themselves under the will of the law and unite in common efforts for the common good the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail that will to be rightful must be reasonable the minority possess their equal rights This government, the world's best hope the strongest government... | |
| Bereket Habte Selassie - 2003 - 358 strani
...and Public Debate Feb 16, 1996. 35. Ibid. Four The Draft Constitution and its Ratification (While) the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable. The minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate would be oppression..... | |
| W. Speed Hill, Edward Burns - 2003 - 482 strani
...rules of the constitution, all will of course arrange themselves under the will of the law, & unite in common efforts for the common good, all too will bear in mind this sacred principle that tho the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable;... | |
| Rebecca Stefoff - 2005 - 146 strani
...rules of the Constitution, all will of course arrange themselves under the will of the law, and unite in common efforts for the common good. All too will...protect, and to violate which would be oppression. "We are all Republicans; we are all Federalists. ' Let us then, fellow-citizens, unite with one heart... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - 2004 - 178 strani
...by that of their majority; for the law of the majority is the natural law of every society of men. All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle,...protect, and to violate which would be oppression. Let us, then, fellow citizens, unite with one heart and one mind. In every government on earth is some... | |
| Pamela Fleming Lowe - 2004 - 202 strani
...rules of the Constitution, all will, of course, arrange themselves under the will of the law, and unite in common efforts for the common good. All, too, will...the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression. Let us, then, fellow-citizens, unite with one... | |
| Roger Milton Barrus - 2004 - 178 strani
...Republic 414b-415d. 24. Jefferson in his first Inaugural Address reminded the American people of the "sacred principle, that though the will of the majority...protect, and to violate which would be oppression." Thomas Jefferson's first Inaugural Address at http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/presiden/inaug/jefinaul.htm... | |
| Brian P. Janiskee, Ken Masugi - 2004 - 182 strani
...feared in state governments and wanted to prevent at the national level.22 How else could Jefferson's sacred principle — "that though the will of the...the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression" — be preserved?21 As for the relationship between... | |
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