 | George Shea - Biography & Autobiography - 1880 - 516 pages
...sentiment ; to have the determination of public questions follow, not precede, debate. This was the judgment ; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion." — Burke's Works, vol. 3, p. 232 : his Speech on the Conclusion of the Poll (1774). way they spoke... | |
 | George Henry Jennings - Anecdotes - 1880 - 842 pages
...conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to yon, to any man, or to any set of men living. These he does not derive from your pleasure ; no, nor from the law...of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion. . . Authoritative instructions ; mandates issued, which the member is bound blindly and implicitly... | |
 | Sheldon Amos - Constitutional history - 1880 - 548 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. My worthy colleague ' says, his will ought to be subservient to yours. If that ' be all, the thing... | |
 | Frederick Denison Maurice - 1880 - 436 pages
...or to any set of men living. These he does not derive from your pleasure ; no, nor from the law and constitution. They are a trust from Providence, for the abuse of which he is deeply answerable. Your representativeowes you, not his industry only, but his judgment ; and he betrays, instead of serving... | |
 | Henry William Dulcken - 1880 - 858 pages
...and his conscience. " Your representative owes you not his industry only," he bravely said, " but hii ttending on all the ordinances of God : such are " The public worship of God : the min He declared Parliament was not a congress of amiuradora from hostile states with different ^wrests,... | |
 | George Henry Jennings - GREAT BRITAIN. PARLIAMENT - 1881 - 564 pages
...conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any sot of men living. These he does not derive from your pleasure ; no, nor from the law...he is deeply answerable. Your representative .owes yon, not his industry only, but his judgment ; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices... | |
 | James Melville M'Culloch - 1882 - 442 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...from Providence, for the abuse of which he is deeply responsible. — BURKE. There is no use of money equal to that of beneficence : here the enjoyment... | |
 | Samuel Arthur Bent - Anecdotes - 1882 - 638 pages
...occasion, expressed the proper relation between a representative and his constituents, by saying, " Your representative owes you, not his industry only,...serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion." He remarked half-seriously of a personal relation with the city he represented, " Though I have the... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - Great Britain - 1882 - 594 pages
...misconception of the nature of representative government. ' Your representative owes you,' he said, ' not his industry only, but his judgment, and he betrays...of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion. . . . Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests. ... It is a... | |
 | Biography - 1883 - 836 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,...serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. " Jly worthy colleague says, his will ought to be subservient to yours. If that be all, the thing is... | |
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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. 
