 Power without right is the most odious and detestable object that can be offered to the human imagination. It is not only pernicious to those who are subject to it, but tends to its own destruction...  Orators of England - Page 118edited by - 1900Full view - About this book
 | John Almon - Great Britain - 1792 - 458 pages
...•v—"—' Within the bounds prefcribed by the constitution, that '77°authority is neceflary to the well-being of the people : beyond that line every...illegal ; it threatens tyranny to the people, and deftruction to the ftate. Power without right is the moft odious and deteftable obje£t that can be... | |
 | John Almon - Great Britain - 1793 - 542 pages
...well-being of the peo« pfe :' «F THE EARL OF CHATHAM. 4 ple : beyond that line every exertion of 1 power is arbitrary, is illegal ; it threatens ' tyranny to the people, and deftruction to c the flate. Power without right is the rnoft 'odious and deteftable object that can.be... | |
 | John Almon - 1797 - 440 pages
...and legal authority. Within the bounds prefcribed by the Conflitution, that authority is neceffary to the .well-being of the people : beyond that line every...is illegal; it threatens tyranny to the people, and deftru6lion to the flate. Power without right is the moft odious and deteftable objeft that can be... | |
 | charles mayo, l.l.b. - 1804 - 570 pages
...that authority is neces" sary to the well-being of the people: beyond that line every exertion 177O " of power is arbitrary, is illegal; it threatens tyranny to the people and ~~v~ " destruction to the state."—Such were the different lights in which the conduct of the two... | |
 | Caleb Bingham - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1807 - 312 pages
...and legal authority. Within ti.: bounds prescribed by the constitution, that author: is necessary to the well-being of the people : beyond that line, every...destruction to the State. Power without right is the me-' odious and detestable object that can be offered to thf human imagination : it is not only pernicious... | |
 | John Adolphus - 1810 - 538 pages
...attributed to any other branch of the legiflature. Power without right is the moft odious and deteftable object that can be offered to the human imagination : it is not only pernicious to thofe who are fubject to it, but tends to its own deftruction. It is what Littleton has truly defcribed... | |
 | Caleb Bingham - Elocution - 1811 - 316 pages
...that authority is necessary to the well-being of the people: beyond that line, every exertion ofpower is arbitrary, is illegal; it threatens tyranny to the people, and destruction to the State. Power vfithout right is. the most odious and detestable object that can be offered to the human imagination:... | |
 | William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1813 - 726 pages
...and legal authority. Within the bounds prescribed by the constitution, that authority is necessary to the well-being of the people : beyond that line, every...are subject to it, but tends to its own destruction. 1t is what my noble friend (lord Lyttelton\ has truly described it, ' Res detesta' bilis et caduca.'... | |
 | Caleb Bingham - History - 1817 - 314 pages
...legal authority. Withia the bounds prescribed by the -constitution, that authority is necessary to the well-being of the people : beyond. that line,...is not only pernicious to those who are subject to h, but tends to its own destruction. ON ON THE GENERAL JuDGMENT-DA V ; FROM D WIGHT'S CONQUEST or CANAAN.... | |
 | John Taylor - 1818 - 440 pages
...authority. Within •' the bounds prescribed by the constitution, that ' authority is necessary to the well-being of the ' people: beyond that line,...detestable ' object that can be offered to the human imagina' tion : it is not only pernicious to those who are ' subject to it, but tends to its own destruction.... | |
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