 | Great Britain - 1810 - 538 pages
...Constitution of England, proceeds to enquire, in what that Liberty is founded ; and he observes, " the Liberty of the Subject is a " tranquillity of mind arising from the " opinion each person has of his safety. " In order to have this Liberty, it is re" quisite the government be so constituted " as that... | |
 | William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1810 - 538 pages
...proceeds to enquire, inwhat that Liberty is founded ; and be observes, " the Liberty of the Subject is * " tranquillity of mind arising from the " opinion each person has of his safety. " In order to have this Liberty, it is re" quisitu the government be so constituted " as that... | |
 | Wakefield, Edward - Ireland - 1812 - 954 pages
...any fear of retaliation. Montesquieu says, that " the political liberty of the subject consists in a tranquillity of mind, arising from the opinion each person has of his own safety ;" and he addSj that " in order to obtain this liberty, it is requisite that the government should... | |
 | Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - Jurisprudence - 1823 - 810 pages
...The latter we shall call the judiciary power, and the other simply the executive power of the state. The political liberty of the subject is a tranquillity of mind arising from the opinion each petson has of his safety. In order to have this liberty, it is requisite the government be so constituted... | |
 | 844 pages
...endeavour to lop off or eradicate them, in order to restore it to its pristine vigour. Montesquieu says, " The political liberty of the subject is a tranquillity...mind, arising from the opinion each person has of his safety. In order to have this liberty, it is requisite the government be so constituted as one man... | |
 | Tracts - 1836 - 506 pages
...unrestrained freedom. It is a tranquility of mind, arising from the opinion each person has of his safety. In order to have this liberty, it is requisite that the government be so constituted, as that one man need not be afraid of another. •" When the legislative and executive powers are united... | |
 | Thomas George Western, Jean Louis de Lolme - Constitutional law - 1838 - 628 pages
...been deemed the most free ; and the power of the people has been confounded with their liberty. — The political liberty of the subject is a tranquillity...mind arising from the opinion each person has of his safety. In order to have this liberty, it is necessary the government be so constituted as that one... | |
 | Jean Louis de Lolme, Archibald John Stephens - Constitutional history - 1838 - 718 pages
...liberties the laws have defined, and of resisting any restrictions which are not so authorized,—for the political liberty of the subject is a tranquillity...mind, arising from the opinion each person has of his safety, in not being obliged to yield obedience to any ordinances, except such as are expressly recognised... | |
 | William Hickey - Constitutional history - 1846 - 396 pages
...reside in die whole body of the people, or their representatives. The political liberty of the citizen is a tranquillity of mind, arising from the opinion each person has of his safety. In order to have this liberty, it is requisite the government be so constituted , as that one... | |
 | Thomas Gilpin - History - 1848 - 328 pages
...President of the Council of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, printed by Robert Bell, Third Street, 1777. " The political liberty of the subject is a tranquillity...mind arising from the opinion each person has of his safety. " In order to have this liberty, it is requisite that the government be so constituted that... | |
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The political liberty of the subject is a tranquillity of mind arising from the opinion each person has of his safety. In order to have this liberty, it is requisite the government be so constituted as one man need not be afraid of another. 
