 | George Rous - 1791 - 150 pages
...mankind" And again, " If any -f- afk " .me what a free government is, I anfwer, ** that for any practical purpofe it is, what ** the people think fo ; and that they and not " / are the natural, lawful, and competent " judges of this matter." If greater praife can be beftowed... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1792 - 676 pages
...his hands to their cafe. If any afk me what a free government is, I anfwer, that, for any pra&ical purpofe, it is what the people think fo ; and that...natural, lawful, and competent judges of this matter. If they practically allow me a greater degree of authority over them than is confiftent with any correct... | |
 | Thomas Paine, Edward Hodgson - Freedom of the press - 1792 - 140 pages
...hands to " their caftV> If any afk me what a free government " is ? I armver, that, for any 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 allow me a <* greater degree of... | |
 | John Wilde - France - 1793 - 688 pages
...cafe. If any afk me what a free govern" ment is, I anfvver, that, for any practical purpofe, D 4 " ir " 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 me a greater degree of authority over... | |
 | Civil rights - 1795 - 432 pages
...free 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
...his hands to their cafe. If any afk me what a free government is, I anfwer, that, for any practical purpofe, it is what the people think fo ; and that...natural, lawful, and competent judges of this matter. If they practically allow me a greater degree of authority over them than is confrftent with any correct... | |
 | Edmund Burke - English literature - 1803 - 452 pages
...in his hands to their cafe. If any afkme what a free government is, I anfwer that, for any practical pu,rpofe, it is what the people think fo ; and that they, and not I, are the oiatural, lawful, and competent judges of this matter. If ithey practically allow me 'a greater degree... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 492 pages
...their 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 judges of this matter. If they practically allow me a greater degree of authority over them than is consistent with any correct... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 484 pages
...their 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 judges of this matter. If they practically allow me a greater degree of authority over them than is consistent with any correct... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Political science - 1807 - 560 pages
...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. If they practically allow me a greater degree of authority over them than is consistent with any correct... | |
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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. 
