 | Edmund Burke - 1886 - 261 Seiten
...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. To deliver an opinion is the right of all men ; that of constituents is a weighty and respectable opinion... | |
 | Sydney Edward Williams - 1886 - 149 Seiten
...own judgment, imperative instructions from his constituents. " Your representative," says Burke, " owes you not his industry only, but his judgment,...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... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1886
...explained the constitutional position of a parliamentary representative : ' He owes you,' he said, ' not his industry only, but his judgment ; and he betrays...of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion ' (ib. 236). His success afforded him great pleasure, and in a cheerful letter, dated 19 Nov., he describes... | |
 | Lawrence R. Jacobs, Robert Y. Shapiro, Professor Robert Y Shapiro - 2000 - 425 Seiten
...1987). 1 "Your representative owes you," Edmund Burke announced to the electors of Bristol in 1774, "his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion." The core dilemma of representative democracy, Burke and others have claimed, is to generate strong... | |
 | Lawrence D. Longley, Reuven Y. Hazan - 2000 - 341 Seiten
...sacrifice to you, to any man. ... Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgement; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion." These two competing ideals exist in many, if not most, legislative systems, yet it is not these alone... | |
 | John E. McDonough - 2000 - 354 Seiten
...unbiased opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to you. . . . Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he hetrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. Political scientist Hannah Pitkin... | |
 | Ricardo Blaug, John J. Schwarzmantel - 2000 - 571 Seiten
...conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to you; to any man, or to any sett of men living. These he does not derive from your pleasure; no, nor from the Law...Representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgement; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. From Edmund... | |
 | Ananta Charana Sukla - 2001 - 282 Seiten
...sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any set of men living. These he does not derive from your pleasure, — nor from the law and the Constitution. They are a...representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgement; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. ... To deliver... | |
 | F. R. Ankersmit - 2002 - 266 Seiten
...sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any set of living men. These he does not derive from your pleasure, — nor from the law and the Constitution. They are a...serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. ... To deliver an opinion is the right of all men; that of constituents is a weighty and respectable... | |
 | F. R. Ankersmit - 2001 - 321 Seiten
...sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any set of living men. These he does not derive from your pleasure, — nor from the law and the Constitution. They are a...instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.20 It is made admirably clear in this eloquent statement that the identity of represented and... | |
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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. 
