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... sure our heads must turn and our stomachs nauseate with them . We have had them in every shape ; we have looked at them in every point of view . Invention is exhausted ; reason is fatigued ; experience has given judgment ; but obstinacy ...
... sure our heads must turn and our stomachs nauseate with them . We have had them in every shape ; we have looked at them in every point of view . Invention is exhausted ; reason is fatigued ; experience has given judgment ; but obstinacy ...
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... sure our most gracious sovereign , under whatever changes may happen in his confi- dential servants , will remain immutable in the ways of truth and jus- tice , and that he is incapable of deceiving his faithful subjects ; and we esteem ...
... sure our most gracious sovereign , under whatever changes may happen in his confi- dential servants , will remain immutable in the ways of truth and jus- tice , and that he is incapable of deceiving his faithful subjects ; and we esteem ...
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... of conduct in the government of America . I remember that the noble lord on the floor , not in a former debate to be sure , ( it would be disorderly to refer to it , I suppose I read it 26 SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION .
... of conduct in the government of America . I remember that the noble lord on the floor , not in a former debate to be sure , ( it would be disorderly to refer to it , I suppose I read it 26 SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION .
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... sure the natural effect of fidel- ity , clemency , kindness in governors is peace , good- will , order , and esteem , on the part of the governed . I would certainly , at least , give these fair principles a fair trial ; which , since ...
... sure the natural effect of fidel- ity , clemency , kindness in governors is peace , good- will , order , and esteem , on the part of the governed . I would certainly , at least , give these fair principles a fair trial ; which , since ...
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... sure that they were to continue to pay for it . But hopes of another kind were held out to them ; and in particular , I well remember that Mr. Townshend , in a brilliant ha- rangue on this subject , did dazzle them by playing before ...
... sure that they were to continue to pay for it . But hopes of another kind were held out to them ; and in particular , I well remember that Mr. Townshend , in a brilliant ha- rangue on this subject , did dazzle them by playing before ...
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Página 181 - I have mentioned, have no substantial existence, are in truth everything, and all in all. .Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together.
Página 180 - Deny them this participation of freedom, and you break that sole bond which originally made, and must still preserve, the unity of the empire.
Página 96 - Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests, which interests each must maintain, as an agent and advocate, against other agents and advocates...
Página 126 - The last cause of this disobedient spirit in the colonies is hardly less powerful than the rest, as it is not merely moral, but laid deep in the natural constitution of things. Three thousand miles of ocean lie between you and them. No contrivance can prevent the effect of this distance in weakening government. Seas roll, and months pass, between the order and the execution; and the want of a speedy explanation of a single point is enough to defeat a whole system.
Página 95 - Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative to live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents. Their wishes ought to have great weight with him; their opinion, high respect; their business, unremitted attention.
Página 109 - I think it may be necessary to consider distinctly the true nature and the peculiar circumstances of the object which we have before us. Because after all our struggle, whether we will or not, we must govern America according to that nature and to those circumstances, and not according to our...
Página 133 - The power inadequate to all other things is often more than sufficient for this. I do not look on the direct and immediate power of the colonies to resist our violence as very formidable. In this, however, I may be mistaken. But when I consider that we have colonies for no purpose but to be serviceable to us, it seems to my poor understanding a little preposterous to make them unserviceable, in order to keep them obedient.
Página 140 - The question with me is, not whether you have a right to render your people miserable, but whether it is not your interest to make them happy.
Página 107 - ... of such province or colony, and disposable by Parliament,) and shall engage to make provision also for the support of the civil government and the administration of justice in such province or colony, it will be proper, if such proposal shall be approved by his Majesty...
Página 184 - That it may be proper to repeal an act, made in the seventh year of the reign of his present Majesty, intituled, An act for granting certain duties in the British Colonies and Plantations in America...