 Taxation follows that, and in its train, wretchedness •"vl oppression. ?o!ne men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to the men of the preceding age a...  The Life of Thomas Jefferson - Stran 640avtor: Henry Stephens Randall - 1858Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Gregg David Crane - 2002 - 316 strani
...Arendt's On Revolution (1963) cites to similar effect Jefferson's intense opposition to "those who 'look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence,...them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched.1" Endorsing Jefferson's rejection of "the injustice that only [the framers'] generation should... | |
 | James J. Horn, Jan Ellen Lewis, Peter S. Onuf - 2002 - 460 strani
...shrine, Jefferson ridiculed those who looked on constitutions with "sanctimonious reverence and deemed them like the Ark of the Covenant too sacred to be touched." He touted his party as following "the guidance of . . . theory."2o In countries "left free," the forms... | |
 | James L. Golden, Professor Emeritus James L Golden, Alan L. Golden - 2002 - 562 strani
...improvement of our society. He voiced this sentiment in a letter to Samuel Kercheval on July 12, 1816: Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the arc of the covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to the men of the preceding age a wisdom... | |
 | William Quigley - 2008 - 254 strani
...much, much better. VA CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO A JOB AT A LIVING WAGE 10 A Constitutional Amendment Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence,...preceding age a wisdom more than human, and suppose that what they did to be beyond amendment. ... I am certainly not an advocate for frequent and untried... | |
 | Hannah Arendt - 2003 - 644 strani
...occasional, and sometimes violent, antagonism against the Constitution and particularly against those who 'look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence,...them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched'2 was motivated by a feeling of outrage about the injustice that only his generation should... | |
 | R. B. Bernstein - 2004 - 258 strani
...his fellow citizens felt for the early leaders of the Revolution and their political handiwork: Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the arc of the covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to the men of the preceding age a wisdom... | |
 | Kevin M. Cahill, M.D. - 2009 - 138 strani
...believed that "Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and inalienable rights of man." He noted, "Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence...Covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to men of the preceding age a wisdom more than human and suppose what they did to be beyond amendment.... | |
 | Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Bogota). Congreso Internacional - 2005 - 604 strani
...generación no es tan capaz como la otra de velar por sí misma y ordenar sus propios asuntos". "Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark ofthe covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to the men ofthe preceding age a wisdom more... | |
 | Cass R. Sunstein - 2005 - 316 strani
...constitutional amendment before those particular values can be cast aside. — Antonin Scalia' Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the arc of the covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to the men of the preceding age a wisdom... | |
 | Stanley Kimmel Kesselman - 2006 - 219 strani
...housecleaning every twenty years because "institutions must advance and keep pace with the times." Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence,...too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to the men of a preceding age a wisdom more than human . . . But I know also that... as new discoveries are made,... | |
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