 | Edmund Burke - 1925 - 552 Seiten
...reason and judgment, and not of inclination; and what sort of reason is that, in which the determination precedes the discussion; in which one set of men deliberate,...form the conclusion are perhaps three hundred miles distance from those who hear the arguments? To deliver an opinion is the right of all men; that of... | |
 | Nicholas Murray Butler, Frank Pierrepont Graves, William McAndrew - 1915 - 560 Seiten
...present." (Goodnow-Howe report, pp. 27, 28.) But "what sort of reason is that," asks Edmund Burke, "'in which one set of men deliberate and another decide," and where those who form the conclusions are miles away from those who hear the arguments? We must look at the facts and the historical... | |
 | 1910 - 1166 Seiten
...legislation are matters of reason and judgment , and not of inclination ; and what sort of reason is that in which one set of men deliberate and another decide,...respectable opinion, which a representative ought always most seriously to consider. But authoritative ' instructions — mandates issued, which the member... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary - 1969 - 1098 Seiten
...inclination ; and what of reason is that, in which the determination precedes the discussion ; In wt one set of men deliberate, and another decide ; and where those who form tt conclusion are perhaps three hundred miles distant from those who hear tfc arguments? To deliver... | |
 | Hanna F. Pitkin - 1967 - 340 Seiten
...decisions should be based. And, as Burke asked, what sort of a system is it "in which the determination precedes the discussion; in which one set of men deliberate, and another decides; and where those who form the conclusion are perhaps three hundred miles distant from those... | |
 | William E. Conklin - 1979 - 350 Seiten
...inclination."61 Burke has posed this question: "and what sort of reason is that in which the determination precedes the discussion, in which one set of men deliberate...miles distant from those who hear the arguments?" Accordingly, legislators were not delegates of the constituents. Rather, legislators were an elected... | |
 | United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee - 1983 - 1104 Seiten
...reason and judgment, and not of inclination; and what sort of reason is that in which the determination precedes the discussion; in which one set of men deliberate,...hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments? . /. Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests; which interests... | |
 | George F. Will - 2010 - 284 Seiten
...reason and judgment, and not of inclination; and what sort of reason is that in which the determination precedes the discussion, in which one set of men deliberate...miles distant from those who hear the arguments?" They were, he said, sending him to a capital, but not a foreign capital. He was going to Parliament,... | |
 | James Conniff - 1994 - 384 Seiten
...in the legislature. In short, Burke asked, "what sort of reason is that in which the determination precedes the discussion, in which one set of men deliberate...three hundred miles distant from those who hear the argument?" 18 Therefore, Burke concluded, a member of Parliament cannot content himself with simply... | |
 | William Bianco - 1994 - 236 Seiten
...reason and judgement, and not of inclination; and what sort of reason is that in which the determination precedes the discussion, in which one set of men deliberate...decide, and where those who form the conclusion are three hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments? (Hoffman and Levack 1949, 115) The delegate-trustee... | |
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But government and legislation are matters of reason and judgment, and not of inclination ; and, • what sort of reason is that, in which the determination... 
