 I choose to solve the controversy with this small distinction, and it belongs to all three: any government is free to the people under it (whatever be the frame) where the laws rule and the people are a party to those laws, and more than this is tyranny,...  Proceedings ... - Page 143by New York State Bar Association - 1902Full view - About this book
 | Albert Elias Maltby - Pennsylvania - 1910 - 536 pages
...the colonists in Pennsylvania : "Any government is free to the people under it, whatever be the form, where the laws rule, and the people are a party to those laws; and more than this is tyranny, oligarchy, and confusion." The words above given set forth a twofold... | |
 | Allen Clapp Thomas - United States - 1912 - 642 pages
...a few, and of many. . . . But any government is free to the people under it (whatever be the frame) where the laws rule and the people are a party to those laws ; and more than this Charter. -yj iKii . y:«5sp N fy-uHj iv tyiiya PN JDMS'IK os^n D'JVB PD D'TPHB... | |
 | John Sharp Williams - Biography & Autobiography - 1913 - 366 pages
...England. William Perm's definition of free government is not a bad one. It is this: "Any government is free to the people under it ... where the laws rule and the people are a party to those laws." Compare this with Jefferson's definition of a "Pure Republic," which see later. The two constitute... | |
 | John Spencer Bassett - United States - 1913 - 950 pages
...of Government." "Any government," he said, "is free to the people under it, whatever be the frame, where the laws rule and the people are a party to those laws, and more than this is tyranny, oligarchy, or confusion." To an age keenly alive to the dangers of the... | |
 | Allen Clapp Thomas - Pennsylvania - 1913 - 344 pages
...cherish those that do well." "Any government is free to the people under it, whatever be the frame, where the laws rule and the people are a party to those laws, and more than this is tyranny, oligarchy, or confusion." "Governments rather depend upon men than men... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1965 - 1366 pages
...great end, he said, Is to *i the people from the abuse of power * * * any government is free to the] under it where the laws rule and the people are a party to those laws, and than this is tyranny, oligarchy, and confusion.' And this was ÍM years 1 the Declaration of Independence,... | |
 | Philip S. Klein, Ari Arthur Hoogenboom - History - 2010 - 651 pages
...to choose among monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy, but would adopt the idea that "any government is free to the people under it where the laws rule and the people are a party to those laws,." No mere scheme or system of government would, of itself, bring good results. "Governments, like clocks,... | |
 | Giles Gunn - Religion - 1981 - 489 pages
...and it belongs to all three: Any government is free to the people under it (whatever be the frame) where the laws rule, and the people are a party to those laws, and more than this is tyranny, oligarchy, or confusion. But, lastly, when all is said, there is hardly... | |
 | Jean R. Soderlund - History - 1983 - 436 pages
...and it belongs to all three: any government is free to the people under it (whatever be the frame) where the laws rule, and the people are a party to those laws, and more than this is tyranny, oligarchy, or confusion. But lastly, when all is said, there is hardly... | |
 | Bernard Schwartz - History - 1992 - 322 pages
...concept of the rule of law: "Any government is free to the people under it (whatever be the frame) where the laws rule and the people are a party to those laws." The purpose of the frame is to secure the people from the abuse of power and to keep the proper balance... | |
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