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A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America ... - Page 132
by John Adams - 1797
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The Spirit of Laws, Volume 1

Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - Jurisprudence - 1750 - 538 pages
...difpofition of things power mould be a chec k to power. A government may be fo conftituted, as no man mail be compelled to do things to which the law does not...forced to abftain from things which the law permits. CHAP. V. Of the end or view of different Governments. THO' all governments have the fame general end,...
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The Politician's Dictionary: Or, a Summary of Political Knowledge ..., Volume 1

Europe - 1775 - 454 pages
...? To prevent this abufe 1t is oeceflary, from the very nature of things, power Ihould be a check to power. A government may be fo- conftituted, as no...forced to abftain from things which the law permits. Though all governments have the fame general end, which is that of prefervatiorv, yet each has another...
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The Spirit of Laws, Volume 1

Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - Jurisprudence - 1793 - 412 pages
...the abufe of power, it is neceflary that by the very difpofition of things power mould be a check to power. A government may be fo conftituted, as no man fhall be compelled to do things to which the lawdoes not oblige him. nor forced to abftain from things which the law permits. CHAP. V. Of the end...
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The Philanthropist: Or Philosophical Essays on Politics ..., Issues 1-43

Great Britain - 1797 - 370 pages
...nature of things, that power fhould be a check to power. A government may be fo conftituted, as that no man fhall be compelled to do things to which the...forced to abftain from things which the law permits. Though all governments have the fame general end, which is that of prefervation, yet each has another...
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The Philanthropist: Or Philosophical Essays on Politics ..., Issues 1-43

Great Britain - 1795 - 346 pages
...natur« of things, that power fhould be a check to power. A governaient may be fo conftituted, as that no man fhall be compelled to do things to which the law does not oblige him ; not forced to abftainfrom things which the law permits. Though all governments have the fame general...
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The spirit of laws. Transl. 1st Amer. ed, Volume 1

Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - 1802 - 378 pages
...the abufe of power, it is neceffary that by the very difpofition of things power fhould be a check to power. A government may be fo conftituted, as no man...forced to abftain from things which the law permits. £T a CHAP. s. CHAP. V. Of the End or Vlew of different Governments. 1 HOUGH all governments have the...
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The Spirit of Laws, Volumes 1-2

Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - Jurisprudence - 1823 - 810 pages
...nature of things, power should be a check to power. A government may be so constituted, as no man shall be compelled to do things to which the law does not oblige him, nor forced to abstain from things which the law permits. CHAP. V. Of the End or View of different Governments. THOUGH...
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The Spirit of Laws: Including D'Alembert's Analysis of the Work, Volume 1

Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - Evolution - 1899 - 472 pages
...check to power. A governIj j ment may be so constituted, as no man shall be compelled to •y \\ r do things to which the law does not oblige him, nor forced to L-abstain from things which the law permits. 5. — Of the End or View or different Governments Though...
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Readings in Political Philosophy

Francis William Coker - Political science - 1914 - 608 pages
...of things that power should be a check to power. A government may be so constituted as no man shall be compelled to do things to which the law does not oblige him, nor forced to abstain from things which the law permits. 5. Of the End or View of Different Governments. Though all...
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The Great Legal Philosophers: Selected Readings in Jurisprudence

Clarence Morris - Law - 1971 - 588 pages
...nature of things, power should be a check to power. A government may be so constituted, as no man shall be compelled to do things to which the law does not oblige him, nor forced to abstain from things which the law permits. . . . CHAPTER VI Of the Constitution of England . . . The...
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