 | Bochel, Hugh, Defty, Andrew - Political Science - 2007 - 194 pages
...bound by them. "Your representative", he asserted, "owes you, not his industry only, but his judgement; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion" (Burke, 1808,p 19). Modern commentators have increasingly questioned the relevance of Burkean notions... | |
 | J. Thomas Wren - Political Science - 2007 - 404 pages
...enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any set of men living.... Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.'41 As Morone capsulizes it, 'Burke... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 2008 - 600 pages
...he ought not to sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any set of men living. These he does not derive from your pleasure, — no, nor from the law and the...serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. My worthy colleague says, his will ought to be subservient to yours. If that be all, the thing is innocent.... | |
 | William Safire - Political Science - 2008 - 862 pages
...union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents," adding "Your representative owes you, not his industry only,...serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion." His constituency defeated him in the next election. (See FENCE MENDING.) containment Policy of limiting... | |
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Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. 
