 | John Bright - Corn laws (Great Britain) - 1869 - 650 pages
...that province — a Constitution of the widest and most generous freedom — uses these words : — ' Any government is free to the people under it, whatever...where the laws rule, and the people are a party to the laws ; and more than this is tyranny, oligarchy, or confusion.' Now, let us ask ourselves, can... | |
 | Law - 1902 - 458 pages
...in the language of the noble founder of my State, that ' that country is free to the people under it where the laws rule and the people are a party to those laws.' The very essence of anarchy is opposition to all government whatever and the absence of all law. The... | |
 | Hendrick Bradley Wright - Labor - 1871 - 414 pages
...accompanying his frame of laws, stating amongst other things, with great truthfulness and force, that "any "government is free to the people under it (whatever...those laws, and more than this is tyranny, " oligarchy and confusion. But when all is said there " is hardly one frame of government in the world so " illy... | |
 | Frank Marx Etting - Pennsylvania - 1874 - 294 pages
...ADOPTED JULY 2nd AND THE DECLARATION FINALLY AGREED TO JULY 4th 1776 HISTORY OF INDEPENDENCE HALL. ANY GOVERNMENT IS FREE TO THE PEOPLE UNDER IT WHATEVER...THOSE LAWS AND MORE THAN THIS IS TYRANNY OLIGARCHY AND CONFUSION. Pcan'i Frame of Hotmtnmt. WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED... | |
 | Law - 1921 - 496 pages
...many centuries later gave utterance, when he said : "That government is free to the people under it, where the laws rule and the people are a party to those laws ; and all the rest is tyranny, oligarchy and confusion." Conceding that lawlessness is not a novel phenomenon,... | |
 | Samuel Mcpherson Janney - Peace - 1876 - 190 pages
...men discourse on that subject. But I choose to solve the controversy with this small distinction, and it belongs to all three : any government is free to...more than this is tyranny, oligarchy or confusion." "Governments rather depend upon men, than men upon governments. Let men be good and the government... | |
 | Pennsylvania - 1919 - 418 pages
...in the Preface to his Frame of Government: "Any Government is free to the People under it (whatever the Frame), where the Laws rule, and the People are...more than this is Tyranny, Oligarchy or Confusion. * * * Governments, like Clocks, go from the motion Men give them, and as Governments are made and moved... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay - United States - 1878 - 762 pages
...holy experiment. Government is a part of religion itself, a thing sacred in its institution and end. Any government is free to the people under it, whatever...laws rule, and the people are a party to those laws. Governments depend upon men, not men upon governments. The first principle of Penn's new code recognized... | |
 | Pennsylvania - Courts - 1879 - 638 pages
...men discourse on that subject. But I choose to solve the controversy with this small distinction, and it belongs to all three ; any government is free to...those laws, and more than this is tyranny, oligarchy, and confusion. But lastly, when all is said, there is hardly one frame of government in the world so... | |
 | American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1921 - 1066 pages
...many centuries later gave utterance, when he said: " That government is free to the people under it, where the laws rule and the people are a party to those laws; and all the rest is tyranny, oligarchy and confusion." It is my purpose to discuss the moral psychology... | |
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Any government is free to the people under it, whatever be the frame, where the laws, rule, and the people are a party to those laws, and more than this is tyranny, oligarchy, or confusion. 
