 | John Wingate Thornton - 1860 - 556 strani
...with, it is very probable we never shall obtain a better. 1 " Sometimes it is said that man cannot bo trusted with the government of himself; can he, then,...government of others? Or have we found angels, in the form of kings, to govern him? Let history answer this question." — Jefferson. 1801. — ED. 2 " A... | |
 | John Malcolm Forbes Ludlow - 1862 - 440 strani
...to be " the strongest government on earth," the " only one where every man at the call of the laws would fly to the standard of the law, and would meet...of the public order as his own personal concern," he went on to enumerate, among the objects of American policy, as he conceived it, " equal and exact... | |
 | Andrew Johnson - 1865 - 558 strani
...they may understand what are correct Democratic principles, — " Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he,...government of others ? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him. Let history answer this question. " Mr. Jefferson seems to think man can... | |
 | Lillian Foster - 1866 - 322 strani
...may understand what are correct democratic principles — " ' Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he,...trusted with the government of others ? Or have we 5* found angels in the form of kings to govern him ? Let history answer this question/ " Mr. Jefferson... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 540 strani
...strongest government on earth ; I believe it the only one where every man, at the call of the law, would fly to the standard of the law, and would meet...own personal concern. Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others... | |
 | Louis Bautain - 1867 - 386 strani
...then, lie under the d fortiori turn of argument. Says Jefferson, "Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he,...government of others ? Or have we found angels, in the form of kings, to govern him ? Let history answer this question." Burke, in defending before the Bristol... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1871 - 730 strani
...strongest Government on earth. I believe it the only one where every man, at the call of the laws, would fly to the standard of the law, and would meet...own personal concern. Sometimes it is said that man caunot he trusted with the government of himself Can he then be trusted with the government of others... | |
 | Richard Frothingham - 1872 - 678 strani
...it " the strongest government on earth," and " the only one where every man, at the call of the law, would fly to the standard of the law, and would meet...of the public order as his own personal concern." Thus was the work of the Revolution at length accomplished by the embodiment of the ideas of local... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1873 - 780 strani
...was " the strongest government on earth," — " the only one where every man, at the call of the law, would fly to the standard of the law, and would meet...of the public order as his own personal concern." The events of 1561 - 1865 demonstrated the truth of this remark. But to make and continue it such we... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton Stephens - 1875 - 522 strani
...strength of all Governments is in the affections of the people. " Some," said he, " think that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he...trusted with the government of others ? or have we angels, in the form of kings, to govern him ? Let history answer this question." He then announced... | |
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Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others ? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him ? Let history answer this question. 
