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Page viii
... head of the national administration is elected for a fixed term . He is ( practically ) irremovable . Even if he is proved to be inefficient , even if he becomes un- popular , even if his policy is unacceptable to the majority of his ...
... head of the national administration is elected for a fixed term . He is ( practically ) irremovable . Even if he is proved to be inefficient , even if he becomes un- popular , even if his policy is unacceptable to the majority of his ...
Page xxv
... head ; and besides this he is the chief of all the diverse races in all the scattered territories , for whose welfare Great Britain , in the course of generations , has made herself responsible . These no doubt are developments ...
... head ; and besides this he is the chief of all the diverse races in all the scattered territories , for whose welfare Great Britain , in the course of generations , has made herself responsible . These no doubt are developments ...
Page 8
... heads all we have to do . We should accomplish nothing , for all our energies would be frittered away in minor attempts at petty improvement . One man , too , would go off from the known track in one direction , and one in another ; so ...
... heads all we have to do . We should accomplish nothing , for all our energies would be frittered away in minor attempts at petty improvement . One man , too , would go off from the known track in one direction , and one in another ; so ...
Page 10
... head that party , and consequently to rule the nation . We have in England an elective first magistrate as truly as the Americans have an elective first magistrate . The Queen is only at the head of the dignified part of the ...
... head that party , and consequently to rule the nation . We have in England an elective first magistrate as truly as the Americans have an elective first magistrate . The Queen is only at the head of the dignified part of the ...
Page 16
... head of a finance committee in the legislature , and a finance minister in the executive . ' They are sure to quarrel , and the result is sure to satisfy neither . And when the taxes do not yield as they were expected to yield , who is ...
... head of a finance committee in the legislature , and a finance minister in the executive . ' They are sure to quarrel , and the result is sure to satisfy neither . And when the taxes do not yield as they were expected to yield , who is ...
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