 | Curiosities and wonders - 1791 - 508 pages
...government is, 1 anfwer, that. for any praftical purpofe, it is what the people think fo; and that they, and not I, are the natural, lawful, and competent judges of this matter.'' .In this elegant ftyle of polite irony does the refpectable and learned Baronet addrefs Mr. Burke from... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1792 - 676 pages
...government is, I anfwer, that, for any pra&ical purpofe, it is what the people think fo ; and that they, and not I, are the natural, lawful, and competent...me a greater degree of authority over them than is confiftent with any correct ideas of perfect freedom, I ought to thank them for fo great a trull, and... | |
 | Thomas Paine, Edward Hodgson - Freedom of the press - 1792 - 140 pages
...practical purpofe, it is " what the people think fo ; and that they, and not ** I, are the natural, _Uwful, and competent judges " of this matter. If they practically...a <* greater degree of authority over them than is con** liftent with any correct ideas of perfect freedom, I ** ought to thank them for fo great a truft... | |
 | John Wilde - France - 1793 - 688 pages
...it is what the people think fo, and that they " and not I, are the natural, lawful, and compe" tent judges of this matter. If they practically " allow...a greater degree of authority over " them than is confiflent with any correct ideas of " perfect: freedom, I ought to thank them for fo " great a truft,... | |
 | Civil rights - 1795 - 432 pages
...government is, I, answer, that, for any practical purpose, it is what p the the people think so; and that they, and not I, are the natural, lawful, and competent judges of this matter. I never knew a writer on the theory of government so partial to authority, as not to allow, that the... | |
 | Edmund Burke - France - 1801 - 368 pages
...government is, I anfwer, that, for any practical purpofe, it is what the people think fo ; and that they, and not I, are the natural, lawful, and competent...me a greater degree of authority over them than is confrftent with any correct ideas of perfect freedom, I ought to thank them for fo great a truft, and... | |
 | Edmund Burke - English literature - 1803 - 452 pages
...; and that they, and not I, are the oiatural, lawful, and competent judges of this matter. If ithey practically allow me 'a greater degree of authority over them than is confiftent with any correct ideas of perfect freedom, I ought to thank them for fo great a truft, and... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Political science - 1807 - 560 pages
...government is, I answer that, for any practical purpose, it is what the people think so ; and that they, and not I, are the natural, lawful, and competent...have reasoned amiss, and that having gone so far, by analogy, they must hereafter have no enjoyment but by my pleasure. If we had seen this done by any... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 484 pages
...case. If any ask me what a free government is, I answer, that it is what the people think so ; and that they, and not I, are the natural, lawful, and competent...have reasoned amiss, and that having gone so far, by analogy, they must hereafter have no enjoyment but by my plcastire. Gentlemen, I am sorry to feel my... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 492 pages
...case. If any ask me what a free government is, I answer, that it is what the people think so ; and that they, and not I, are the natural, lawful, and competent...have reasoned amiss, and that having gone so far, by analogy, they must hereafter have no enjoyment but by my pleasure. Gentlemen, I am sorry to feel my... | |
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If any ask me what a free government is, I answer that, for any practical purpose, it is what the people think so; and that they, and not I, are the natural, lawful, and competent judges of this matter. 
