...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,...

...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, but his judgment; and betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.'41 As Morone capsulizes it, 'Burke...

...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...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 is innocent....

...union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents," adding "Your representative owes you, not his industry only,...serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion." His constituency defeated him in the next election. (See FENCE MENDING.) containment Policy of limiting...