Democracy in America, Volume 1J. & H.G. Langley, 1841 - Democracy |
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... and what their Chances of Duration are 450 Reflections on the Causes of the commercial Prosperity of the United States 457 Conclusion 465 Appendix 475 INTRODUCTION . AMONG the novel objects that attracted my attention xvi.
... and what their Chances of Duration are 450 Reflections on the Causes of the commercial Prosperity of the United States 457 Conclusion 465 Appendix 475 INTRODUCTION . AMONG the novel objects that attracted my attention xvi.
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... enjoy a greater degree of prosperity , and the people will remain quiet , not because it despairs of melioration , but because it is conscious of the advantages of its condition . If all the consequences of this state of things were 8.
... enjoy a greater degree of prosperity , and the people will remain quiet , not because it despairs of melioration , but because it is conscious of the advantages of its condition . If all the consequences of this state of things were 8.
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... prosperity apart from virtue ; assuming the title of the champions of modern civilization , and placing themselves in a station which they usurp with insolence , and from which they are driven by their own un- worthiness . Where are we ...
... prosperity apart from virtue ; assuming the title of the champions of modern civilization , and placing themselves in a station which they usurp with insolence , and from which they are driven by their own un- worthiness . Where are we ...
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... prosperity ) have always enjoyed more internal freedom and more political independence than the colonies of other nations ; but this The emigrants who founded the state of Rhode Island in 1638 , those who landed at New Haven in 1637 ...
... prosperity ) have always enjoyed more internal freedom and more political independence than the colonies of other nations ; but this The emigrants who founded the state of Rhode Island in 1638 , those who landed at New Haven in 1637 ...
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... prosperous existence without a powerful centralization of government . But I am of opinion that a central administration enervates the nations in which it exists by incessantly diminishing their public spirit . If such an administration ...
... prosperous existence without a powerful centralization of government . But I am of opinion that a central administration enervates the nations in which it exists by incessantly diminishing their public spirit . If such an administration ...
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Page 252 - If we remain one people, under an efficient ' government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon to be scrupulously respected; when belligerent nations, under the impossibility of ^making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel.
Page 35 - Faith, etc., having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Page 34 - IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign lord King James, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, etc.
Page 293 - Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit.
Page 337 - And whereas the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God and the care of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their function...
Page 252 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Page 35 - God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof do enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony ; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page 118 - The powers delegated by the proposed constitution to the federal government, are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the state governments, are numerous and indefinite.
Page 304 - If I were asked where I place the American aristocracy, I should reply without hesitation that it is not composed of the rich, who are united by no common tie, but that it occupies the judicial bench and the bar.
Page 471 - The American struggles against the natural obstacles which oppose him; the adversaries of the Russian are men; the former combats the wilderness and savage life; the latter, civilization with all its weapons and its arts: the conquests of the one are therefore gained by the ploughshare; those of the other by the sword.