| John Locke - Liberty - 1764 - 438 pages
...it, and it being neceffary to that which is one body to move one way ; it.is aeceftary the body mould move that way whither the greater force carries it, which is the confent of the majority: or elfe it is impofiible it flnould act or continue one body, one. community,... | |
| John Locke - 1801 - 512 pages
...individuals of it, and it being necessary to that which is one body to move one way ; it is necessary the body should move that way whither the greater...force carries it, which is the consent of the majority : or else it is impossible it should act or continue one body, one community, which the consent of... | |
| Benjamin Flower - 1811 - 578 pages
...necesary to that which is one hody to move one way; it ii necessary the hody should move that way whether the greater force carries it, which is the consent of the majority : or else it is impossihle it should act or continue one hodj, one community, s hich the consent of... | |
| John Locke - Liberty - 1821 - 536 pages
...necessary to that which is one body to move one way ; it is necessary the body should move that \vay whither the greater force carries it, which is the consent of the majority : or else it is impossible it should act or continue one body, one community, which the consent of... | |
| Benjamin Franklin Hallett - Constitutional history - 1848 - 84 pages
...individuals of it, und it buiii!; necessary to that which is one body to move one way, it is necessary the body should move that way whither the greater...force carries it, which is the consent of the majority : or else it is impossible it should act or continue one body, one community, which the consent of... | |
| Hugh George Robinson - 1867 - 458 pages
...individuals of it, and it being necessary to that which is one body to move one way, it is necessary the body should move that way whither the greater...force carries it, which is the consent of the majority : or else it is impossible it should act or continue one body, one community, which the consent of... | |
| John Locke - Liberty - 1884 - 328 pages
...only the consent of the individuals of it, and it being one body, must move one way, it is necessary the body should move that way whither the greater...carries it, which is the consent of the majority, or else it is impossible it should act or continue one body, one community, which the consent of every... | |
| American Academy of Political and Social Science - Political science - 1890 - 788 pages
...voting; but it is force in the last resort. As Locke puts it, " It is necessary that the body should move whither the greater force carries it, which is the consent of the majority." (Civil Government, II., c. viii. § 96.) This force may be guided by wise or by foolish leaders ; but... | |
| James Fitzjames Stephen - Literature - 1892 - 440 pages
...individuals of it, and it being necessary to that which is one body to move one way, it is necessary the body should move that way whither the greater...carries it, which is the consent of the majority.' Hence, when people unite into a community out of a state of nature, they 'give up all the power necessary... | |
| David George Ritchie - Economics - 1893 - 310 pages
...a body politic, "wherein the majority have a right to act and conclude the rest" (§ 95). The right of majorities Locke bases simply on the preponderance...strength by counting heads instead of breaking heads," 1 suggests that Locke might have based this right of majorities on an express or tacit compact, rather... | |
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