The English ConstitutionA classic study of the British constitution, paying special attention to how Parliament and the monarchy work. The author frequently draws comparisons with the American Constitution, being generally critical of the American system of government. |
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Page x
... course I am not arguing that so important an inno- vation as the Reform Act of 1867 will not have very great effects . It must , in all likelihood , have many great ones . I am only saying that as yet we do not know what those effects ...
... course I am not arguing that so important an inno- vation as the Reform Act of 1867 will not have very great effects . It must , in all likelihood , have many great ones . I am only saying that as yet we do not know what those effects ...
Page xi
... course mean that the ten - pound householders were great admirers of intellect or good judges of refine- ment . We all know that , for the most part , they were not so at all : very few Englishmen are . They were not influenced by ideas ...
... course mean that the ten - pound householders were great admirers of intellect or good judges of refine- ment . We all know that , for the most part , they were not so at all : very few Englishmen are . They were not influenced by ideas ...
Page xix
... course mean that statesmen can choose with absolute freedom what topics they will deal with , and what they will not . I am , of course , aware that they choose under stringent conditions . In excited states of the public mind they have ...
... course mean that statesmen can choose with absolute freedom what topics they will deal with , and what they will not . I am , of course , aware that they choose under stringent conditions . In excited states of the public mind they have ...
Page xxvii
... course lay this down as an unvarying rule : as I have said , I have for practical purposes no belief in unvarying rules . Majorities may be either genuine or fictitious , and if they are not genuine , if they do not embody the opinion ...
... course lay this down as an unvarying rule : as I have said , I have for practical purposes no belief in unvarying rules . Majorities may be either genuine or fictitious , and if they are not genuine , if they do not embody the opinion ...
Page xxviii
... course there have been many countries in which certain old families , whether rich or poor , were worshipped by whole populations with a more intense and poetic homage ; but I doubt if there has ever been any in which all old families ...
... course there have been many countries in which certain old families , whether rich or poor , were worshipped by whole populations with a more intense and poetic homage ; but I doubt if there has ever been any in which all old families ...
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