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... forces of the Republic , but he cannot legislate . He can appoint whom he will to office , but the Senate must approve . If his policy involves the smallest doses either of legislation or taxation ( and what large policy does not ? ) it ...
... forces of the Republic , but he cannot legislate . He can appoint whom he will to office , but the Senate must approve . If his policy involves the smallest doses either of legislation or taxation ( and what large policy does not ? ) it ...
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... force- which attract its motive power . The efficient parts only employ that power . The comely parts of a government have need , for they are those upon which its vital strength depends . They may not do anything definite that a ...
... force- which attract its motive power . The efficient parts only employ that power . The comely parts of a government have need , for they are those upon which its vital strength depends . They may not do anything definite that a ...
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... force , though retaining outward strength , are its best instruments , that we must not expect the oldest institutions to be now the most efficient . We must expect what is venerable to acquire influence because of its inherent dignity ...
... force , though retaining outward strength , are its best instruments , that we must not expect the oldest institutions to be now the most efficient . We must expect what is venerable to acquire influence because of its inherent dignity ...
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... force of government— the entire imperial power ; and therefore it weakens both its halves . The executive is weakened in a very plain way . In England a strong cabinet can obtain the concurrence of the legislature in all acts which ...
... force of government— the entire imperial power ; and therefore it weakens both its halves . The executive is weakened in a very plain way . In England a strong cabinet can obtain the concurrence of the legislature in all acts which ...
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... force already perilously great . If the highest social rank was to be scrambled for in the House of Commons , the number of social adven- turers there would be incalculably more numerous , and indefinitely more eager . A very peculiar ...
... force already perilously great . If the highest social rank was to be scrambled for in the House of Commons , the number of social adven- turers there would be incalculably more numerous , and indefinitely more eager . A very peculiar ...
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