The United States: An Experiment in DemocracyHarper, 1920 - 332 páginas |
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Página 68
... individual initiative is at a pre- mium ; but the trait was already ingrained in the first settlers . America was settled , in large part , by people who left Europe in order to free themselves from the oppression of monarchy and Church ...
... individual initiative is at a pre- mium ; but the trait was already ingrained in the first settlers . America was settled , in large part , by people who left Europe in order to free themselves from the oppression of monarchy and Church ...
Página 74
... individual states of any sovereign rights . The Articles of Confedera- tion made no provision for a federal executive , and upon the federal Congress which was created they conferred nothing more than the right of recommending laws ...
... individual states of any sovereign rights . The Articles of Confedera- tion made no provision for a federal executive , and upon the federal Congress which was created they conferred nothing more than the right of recommending laws ...
Página 88
... individuals or groups of individuals who had axes of their own to grind . This system of corrupt " machine politics " at last became so perfect in its kind that even the easy - going Americans could not tolerate it , and in recent years ...
... individuals or groups of individuals who had axes of their own to grind . This system of corrupt " machine politics " at last became so perfect in its kind that even the easy - going Americans could not tolerate it , and in recent years ...
Página 144
... individual states . Originally , the title to the land in the New World was legally understood to be vested in the king by right of discovery , and the original grants of territory were made , in most cases , to individuals , such as ...
... individual states . Originally , the title to the land in the New World was legally understood to be vested in the king by right of discovery , and the original grants of territory were made , in most cases , to individuals , such as ...
Página 145
... individual " proprietor " therefore came to be taken as defining the " boundaries " of the colonies which were established within these grants . These terms were sometimes extremely ambiguous , as in the case of Vir- ginia , and often ...
... individual " proprietor " therefore came to be taken as defining the " boundaries " of the colonies which were established within these grants . These terms were sometimes extremely ambiguous , as in the case of Vir- ginia , and often ...
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Página 133 - With the movements in this hemisphere we are, of necessity, more immediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers. The political system of the allied powers is essentially different in this respect from that of America.
Página 210 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy Slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Página 123 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens), the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove, that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government...
Página 267 - ... and it is further ordered, that where any town shall increase to the number of one hundred families or householders they shall set up a grammar school, the master thereof being able to instruct youth so far as they may be fitted for the university...
Página 210 - Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause.
Página 266 - It is therefore ordered, that every township in this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of fifty householders, shall then forthwith appoint one within their town to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write and read, whose wages shall be paid either by the parents or masters of such children, or by the inhabitants in general...
Página 210 - seem to be pursuing," as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the National authority can be restored, the nearer the Union will be
Página 193 - I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject, I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation.
Página 199 - If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it.
Página 52 - That whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundations on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.