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Page lvii
... person essential to all parties , he selects Ministers from all parties , he constructs a cabinet in which no one Minister agrees with any other in anything , and with all the members of which he himself frequently disagrees . The ...
... person essential to all parties , he selects Ministers from all parties , he constructs a cabinet in which no one Minister agrees with any other in anything , and with all the members of which he himself frequently disagrees . The ...
Page lviii
... person in common circumstances would have to be guided . He is the exception of a moment ; he is not the example of a lasting condition . For these reasons , though we may use the present Constitution of France as a useful aid to our ...
... person in common circumstances would have to be guided . He is the exception of a moment ; he is not the example of a lasting condition . For these reasons , though we may use the present Constitution of France as a useful aid to our ...
Page lxxi
... person , with the aid of practical men , to estimate the probable amount of revenue to be derived from each department of internal taxation for the previous year . The estimate arrived at was $ 85,000,000 , but the actual receipts were ...
... person , with the aid of practical men , to estimate the probable amount of revenue to be derived from each department of internal taxation for the previous year . The estimate arrived at was $ 85,000,000 , but the actual receipts were ...
Page lxxiii
... persons who have to pay it are thoroughly certain to make themselves heard . The sort of taxation tried in America , that of taxing everything , and seeing what everything would yield , could not have been tried under a Government ...
... persons who have to pay it are thoroughly certain to make themselves heard . The sort of taxation tried in America , that of taxing everything , and seeing what everything would yield , could not have been tried under a Government ...
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Walter Bagehot. laws , there will be a controversy between the two sets of persons . The tax - imposers are sure to quarrel with the tax - requirers . The executive is crippled by not getting the laws it needs , and the legislature is ...
Walter Bagehot. laws , there will be a controversy between the two sets of persons . The tax - imposers are sure to quarrel with the tax - requirers . The executive is crippled by not getting the laws it needs , and the legislature is ...
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