 | John Singleton Copley (1st baron Lyndhurst.) - 1839 - 150 Seiten
...nature ordains that the next change shall be into a Military Despotism — of all known Governments, the most prone to shift its Head, and the slowest...with the Spirit to desire Liberty, nor morals with power to sustain Justice. Like the burning pestilence that destroys the human body, nothing can subsist... | |
 | 1897 - 678 Seiten
...slowest to mend Its vices. The reason is that the tyranny of what is called the people, and that by the sword, both operate alike to debase and corrupt,...human body, nothing can subsist by its dissolution but vermlne. — Fisher Ames, Works, pp. SS2-419. Jefferson speaks as follows: "The basis of our governments... | |
 | Henry Adams - 1889 - 466 Seiten
...slowest to mend its vices. The reason is that the tyranny of what is called the people, and that by the sword, both operate alike to debase and corrupt,...nothing can subsist by its dissolution but vermin." George Cabot, whose political opinions were law to the wise and good, held the same convictions. "... | |
 | Henry Adams - 1889 - 466 Seiten
...slowest to mend its vices. The reason is that the tyranny of what is called the people, and that by the sword, both operate alike to debase and corrupt,...nothing can subsist by its dissolution but vermin." George Cabot, whose political opinions were law to the wise and good, held the same convictions. "... | |
 | Henry Adams - 1889 - 474 Seiten
...slowest to mend its vices. The reason is that the tyranny of what is called the people, and that by the sword, both operate alike to debase and corrupt,...neither men left with the spirit to desire liberty, rior morals with the power to sustain justice. Like the burning pestilence that destroys the human... | |
 | Howard Walter Caldwell - 1898 - 268 Seiten
...slowest to mend its vices. The reason is that the tyranny of what is called the people, and that by the sword, both operate alike to debase and corrupt,...human body, nothing can subsist by its dissolution but vermine. — FisUer Ames, Works, pp. 382-419. Jefferson speaks as follows: "The basis of our governments... | |
 | Howard Walter Caldwell - 1900 - 654 Seiten
...slowest to mend its vices. The reason is that the tyranny of what is called the people, and that by the sword, both operate alike to debase and corrupt,...human body, nothing can subsist by its dissolution but vermine.— Fisher Ames, Works, pp. 382-419. Jefferson speaks as follows: "The baste of our governments... | |
 | 1903 - 432 Seiten
...Democracy cannot last. It has no resistance, though its next change shall be into a military despotism. The reason is that the tyranny of what is called the...the sword both operate alike to debase and corrupt, until there are neither men left to desire liberty nor morals with power to sustain justice." That... | |
 | Edwin Wiley - 1915 - 464 Seiten
...slowest to mend its vices. The reason is that the tyranny of what is called the people, and that by the sword, both operate alike to debase and corrupt,...liberty, nor morals with the power to sustain justice, hike the burning pestilence that destroys the human body, nothing can subsist by its dissolution but... | |
 | Edwin Wiley, Irving Everett Rines, Albert Bushnell Hart - 1916 - 552 Seiten
...slowest to mend its vices. The reason is that the tyranny of what is called the people, and that by the sword, both operate alike to debase and corrupt,...that destroys the human body, nothing can subsist by iU dissolution but vermin." With great glee, the Federalist newspapers in 1803 reprinted a paragraph... | |
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A democracy cannot last. Its nature ordains that its next change shall be into a military despotism — of all known governments perhaps the most prone to shift its head, and the slowest to mend its vices. The reason is that the tyranny of what is called... 
