These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital principle of their governments, and have proved themselves the wisest invention ever devised by the wit of man for the perfect exercise of self-government, and for its preservation. Historic Towns of New England - Stran 5avtor: Lyman P. Powell - 1898Celotni ogled - O knjigi
| William R. Brock - 2002 - 400 strani
...the fiber of every member of our commonwealth." He maintained that the township of New England was "the wisest invention ever devised by the wit of man...exercise of self-government and for its preservation." Nor need administrative efficiency be sacrificed to promote political training, for "in government... | |
| Kenneth T. Palmer, G. Thomas Taylor - 1992 - 276 strani
...meeting has been praised as the outstanding example of direct democracy. Thomas Jefferson called it "the wisest invention ever devised by the wit of man for the perfect exercise of self government."" In the late nineteenth century, James Bryce commented as follows: Of the three or... | |
| Barry Alan Shain - 1996 - 422 strani
...cares and powers" in the central state was always the death knell of liberty.22 He added that "these wards, called townships in New England, are the vital...the perfect exercise of self-government, and for its preservation."21 Localism had been and continued to be so central to the American experience that it... | |
| Lance Banning - 1995 - 264 strani
...county and poor rates, and administer all the matters of common interest to the whole country. These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital...exercise of self-government, and for its preservation. We should thus marshal our government into, 1, the general federal republic, for all concerns foreign... | |
| David Judge, Gerry Stoker, Harold Wolman - 1995 - 328 strani
...sovereignty of the individual: These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital principles of their governments, and have proved themselves the...exercise of self-government and for its preservation' (quoted in Syed, 1966: 39). Indeed, it is Jefferson's sovereignty of the individual that is reflected... | |
| Anders Breidlid - 1996 - 428 strani
...county and poor rates, and administer all the matters of common interest to the whole county. These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital...exercise of self-government, and for its preservation. We should thus marshal our government into: (1) the general federal republic for all concerns foreign... | |
| Samuel Victor LaSelva - 1996 - 290 strani
...articulated powerful justifications of local democracy. The New England townships, according to him, were "the wisest invention ever devised by the wit of man...the perfect exercise of self-government and for its preservation."8 Unlike Jefferson, James Madison defended central authority; but he did not thereby... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - 1999 - 676 strani
...county and poor rates, and administer all the matters of common interest to the whole country. These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital principle of their governments, and have proved 213 themselves the wisest invention ever devised by the wit of man for the perfect exercise of self-government,... | |
| Gary Hart - 2002 - 305 strani
...by his strongest feelings to the independence of his country, and its republican constitution These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital...the perfect exercise of self-government, and for its preservation.35 Popular sovereignty can be both preserved and promoted in such a republic. By participation... | |
| Jack Crittenden - 2002 - 266 strani
...strangers to Jefferson's wards. Indeed, the ward model was for many Americans right in their midst. "These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital...the wisest invention ever devised by the wit of man of the perfect exercise of self-government, and for its preservation."18 Why, then, did Jefferson not... | |
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