A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high duties of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of selfpreservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by... Presidential Powers - Página 243por Harold J Krent - 2005 - 279 páginasPré-visualização limitada - Acerca deste livro
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Government Operations - 1974 - 908 páginas
...motives will be a justification. Then after he left the White House, Jefferson wrote this in 1810 : To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written...us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means. . . . The line of discrimination between cases may be difficult, but the good officer Is bound to draw... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations - 1977 - 525 páginas
...of necessity, of self preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written...us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means. Letter from Thomas Jefferson to John B. Colvin (Sept. 20, 1810), in 9 WRITINGS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations - 1977 - 525 páginas
...of necessity, of self preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written...us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means. Letter from Thomas Jefferson to John B. Colvin (Sept. 20, 1810), in 9 WRITINGS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON,... | |
 | Karlyn Kohrs Campbell, Kathleen Hall Jamieson - 1990 - 275 páginas
...by the written law. "To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written law," wrote Jefferson, "would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty,...property, and all those who are enjoying them with us." 16 These examples illustrate that annual messages are part of the maintenance and evolution of the... | |
 | Karlyn Kohrs Campbell, Kathleen Hall Jamieson - 1990 - 275 páginas
...by the written law. "To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written law," wrote Jefferson, "would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty,...property, and all those who are enjoying them with us."16 These examples illustrate that annual messages are part of the maintenance and evolution of... | |
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