 If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government and legislation are matters of reason and judgment, and not of inclination ; and what sort of reason is that in which the determination precedes...  The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke - Stran 14avtor: Edmund Burke - 1807Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | William Boyd Carpenter - 1917 - 348 strani
...side," said Mr. Burke to the electors of Bristol, " yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government and legislation are matters of reason...inclination ; and what sort of reason is that in which one set of men deliberate and another decide, and where those who form the conclusion are perhaps three... | |
 | Godfrey Locker Lampson - 1918 - 628 strani
...innocent. If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government and legislation are matters of reason...hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments ? 40 To deliver an opinion is the right of all men ; that of constituents is a weighty and respectable... | |
 | Ivor John Carnegie Brown - 1920 - 188 strani
...innocent. If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government and legislation are matters of reason...three hundred miles distant from those who hear the argument ? . . . Authoritative instructions, mandates issued, which the member is bound blindly and... | |
 | John Morley - 1921 - 238 strani
...innocent. If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government and legislation are matters of reason...hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments ? . . . Authoritative instructions, mandates issued, which the member is bound blindly and implicitly... | |
 | Arthur Ritchie Lord - 1921 - 316 strani
...sacrifices it to your opinion. . . . Government and legislation are matters of reason and judgement and not of inclination ; and what sort of reason is...precedes the discussion ; in which one set of men deliberates, and another decides ; and where those who form the conclusion are perhaps three hundred... | |
 | Melchior Palyi - 1923 - 368 strani
...but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion . . . Government and legislation are matters of reason and...precedes the discussion, — in which one set of men de'iberale, and another decide?. . . Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and... | |
 | Melchior Palyi - 1923 - 368 strani
...judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion . . . Oovernment and legislation are matters of reason and judgment,...of inclination ; and what sort of reason is that in vvhieh the determination precedes the discussion, — in vvhieh one set of men de'ibera!e, and another... | |
 | John Morley - 1923 - 242 strani
...were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But jgovernment and legislation are matters of reason and judgment, .and not of inclination j and what aort of reason is that in which the determination precedes the discussion, in which one... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1925 - 552 strani
...innocent. If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government and legislation are matters of reason...form the conclusion are perhaps three hundred miles distance from those who hear the arguments? To deliver an opinion is the right of all men; that of... | |
 | Nicholas Murray Butler, Frank Pierrepont Graves, William McAndrew - 1915 - 560 strani
...present." (Goodnow-Howe report, pp. 27, 28.) But "what sort of reason is that," asks Edmund Burke, "'in which one set of men deliberate and another decide," and where those who form the conclusions are miles away from those who hear the arguments? We must look at the facts and the historical... | |
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