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... term " Political Science " seems to be considered synonymous with political economy . As a fact , the economic branch of the science is perhaps the least important of all its departments . This mental condition of a people is especially ...
... term " Political Science " seems to be considered synonymous with political economy . As a fact , the economic branch of the science is perhaps the least important of all its departments . This mental condition of a people is especially ...
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... term " nature " is by no means to be limited in its signification to material things and the laws which govern them . The intellect with its various properties is a part of nature as truly as are all material objects . Intellectual and ...
... term " nature " is by no means to be limited in its signification to material things and the laws which govern them . The intellect with its various properties is a part of nature as truly as are all material objects . Intellectual and ...
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... terms " moral " and " mental " have each a special signification , the one indicating qual- ities of right and wrong , the other describing intellectual action . The term " moral " will here be used to compre- hend qualities and actions ...
... terms " moral " and " mental " have each a special signification , the one indicating qual- ities of right and wrong , the other describing intellectual action . The term " moral " will here be used to compre- hend qualities and actions ...
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... term " art " would appear a more precise designation . As has before been pointed out , science and art are so intimately associated that in many cases it is by no means easy to determine the dividing line , not always distinctly marked ...
... term " art " would appear a more precise designation . As has before been pointed out , science and art are so intimately associated that in many cases it is by no means easy to determine the dividing line , not always distinctly marked ...
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... term " State , " and that there are States which are not nations , as instanced by the Netherlands in 1815 and by Austria at the present time . International law , though not in itself a felicitous term , is mostly formed by agreements ...
... term " State , " and that there are States which are not nations , as instanced by the Netherlands in 1815 and by Austria at the present time . International law , though not in itself a felicitous term , is mostly formed by agreements ...
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Page 146 - ... we may define a republic to be, or at least may bestow that name on, a Government which derives all its powers directly or indirectly from the great body of the People, and is administered by persons holding their offices during pleasure, for a limited period, or during good behavior. It is essential to such a Government, that it be derived from the great body of the society, not from an inconsiderable proportion, or a favored class of it...
Page 213 - The distinction of public wrongs from private, of crimes and misdemeanours from civil injuries, seems principally to consist in this: that private wrongs, or civil injuries, are an infringement or privation of the civil rights which belong to individuals, considered merely as individuals...
Page 150 - In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.
Page 282 - The king, moreover, is not only incapable of doing wrong, but even of thinking wrong: he can never mean to do an improper thing: in him is no folly or weakness.
Page 292 - ... freely and fully have and enjoy his and their own judgments and consciences, in matters of religious concernments, throughout the tract of land hereafter mentioned, they behaving themselves peaceably and quietly, and not using this liberty to licentiousness and profaneness, nor to the civil injury or outward disturbance of others...
Page 170 - States provides that no person shall be deprived of property without due process of law "nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
Page 292 - That no person qualified as aforesaid, within the said province, at any time shall be any ways molested, punished, disquieted or called in question, for any difference in opinion or practice in matters of religious concernments...
Page 278 - The supposition of universal venality in human nature is little less an error in political reasoning than the supposition of universal rectitude. The institution of delegated power implies that there is a portion of virtue and honor among mankind which may be a reasonable foundation of confidence, and experience justifies the theory.
Page 146 - It is sufficient for such a Government, that the persons administering it be appointed, either directly or indirectly, by the People ; and that they hold their appointments by either of the tenures just specified...
Page 283 - Judgment in cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of Honour, Trust, or Profit under the United States : but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment, and Punishment according to Law.