 | Michael Cody - 2004 - 220 strani
...Britain and Europe, provided the foundation of such stability, and the president told his listeners to "bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the...prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable." And to support advancement of the citizenry's ability to reason well, Jefferson identified "the diffusion... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | Mark Beyer - 2003 - 70 strani
...the will of the majority in all cases must prevail, that will must be reasonable." He told the crowd, "The minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate would be oppression." Jefferson brought an end to the Alien and Sedition Acts. He returned to the people... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | Michael Warren - 2005 - 408 strani
...law of the strongest breaks up the foundations of society."— Thomas Jefferson to P. Dupont, 1816. "Bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the...rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate would be oppression." — Thomas Jefferson: 1st Inaugural, 1801 "It is to secure our rights that we... | |
 | Vijaya Kumar - 2013 - 212 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 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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
...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... | |
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All too will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate... 
