...representative. In England in 1774 Edmund Burke in his famous speech 'To the Electors of Bristol' said: Your representative owes you, not his industry only,...of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion ... government and legislation are matters of reason and judgment, and not of inclination; and what...

...the maj ority who chose them. Edmund Burke provides what is still the best argument for this view: "Your representative owes you, not his industry only,...of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion" (quoted in Zakaria 2003, 168). A representative is not delegated simply to follow public opinion slavishly,...

...British Parliament in the 1 8th century, expressed a different attitude when he told his constituents, "Your representative owes you, not his industry only,...serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion." Members of Congress generally win election because they reflect the views of the majority in their...

...at least one senator asleep, Byrd recalled Edmund Burke's famous words to his British constituents: "Your representative owes you, not his industry only,...instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion."304 (The majority leader neglected to mention that voters had not returned Burke to 194 The...

...followers failed to heed the principle laid down by Burke in his "Speech to the Electors of Bristol": "Your representative owes you, not his industry only,...instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion."14 Trent's criticism of southern politicians is not to be understood as implying that a solution...

...electioneering utterances. 'Your representative,' he said, 'owes you, not his industry only, but Ut judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.' 'You choose a member, indeed,' he added, 'but when you have chosen him, he is not member for Bristol...

...representative democracy was best expressed by Edmund Burke in a speech to his constituents in Bristol: "Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment: and he betrays it instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion . . . You choose a member indeed; but...

...could better prepare new Members to play a full and active role in the House. 2 The role of the Member 'Your representative owes you, not his industry only,...of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion ... Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests, which interests...

...than mere agents of the peoples' changing wishes: "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." Edmund Burke, "Speech to the Electors of Bristol," in Edmund Burke on Government Politics and Society,...

...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 of representation,...