 | John Schrems - Political Science - 2004 - 408 pages
...conscience, 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...serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. Such a view is not just abstract political theory or history. It is still part of political life. In... | |
 | Jack W. Germond - Political Science - 2004 - 248 pages
...of Bristol in the eighteenth century, Edmund Burke defined the politician's responsibility this way: "Your representative owes you, not his industry only,...serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion." It is probably safe to say there are not many Edmund Burkes in Congress or the White House, just as... | |
 | Fareed Zakaria - Philosophy - 2004 - 308 pages
...politician and philosopher Edmund Burke, who famously told his constituents in Bristol during a campaign, "Your representative owes you, not his industry only,...of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion. . . . You choose a member indeed; but when you have chosen him, he is not a member of Bristol, but... | |
 | David Edward Marcinko - Physicians - 2005 - 350 pages
...Financial Advisors Wisely Choosing Consultants . . . Realizing the Value of Time Daniel B. Moisand Your representative owes you, not his industry only,...of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion. Sir Edmund Burke Since a financial planning solution in one area can cause a new set of problems in... | |
 | Noah Feldman - Political Science - 2009 - 176 pages
...exercised ultimately for their benefit."14 In speaking to his own constituents in 1774, Burke asserted that "[y]our representative owes you, not his industry...instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion."15 Although Burke's view is itself controversial, and subject to the charge of paternalism,... | |
 | Robert Alexander Kraig - Political culture - 2004 - 268 pages
...Burke in his speech to the electors at Bristol: "Your representative owes you, not his industry alone, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion." Wilson copied this famous Burkean declaration into the Index Rerum he kept as an underclassman at Princeton,... | |
 | Michael Mello - Family & Relationships - 2008 - 352 pages
...reminded its readers of Edmund Burke's dictum that "your representative owes you not his industry, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion."46 Two days before the full House voted on the civil unions bill, the Associated Press reported... | |
 | J.H. Woods - Philosophy - 2004 - 416 pages
...Law and the Constitution.... Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgement; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. [Ijssues which the member is blindly and implicitly to obey, to note and argue for, though contrary... | |
 | David Edward Marcinko - Medical - 2004 - 524 pages
...Rachel Hetico and Rachel Pentin-Maki Your representative owes you not his industry, but hisjudgment; and he betrays instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. — Sir Edmund Burke There are many self-help publications and management gurus purporting to impart... | |
 | Ukoro Theophilus Igwe - Philosophy - 2004 - 524 pages
...authoritative instructions: "Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgement; and he betrays instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.,., Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests; which interests each... | |
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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. 
