The Works of Lord Macaulay Complete, Volume 8Longmans Green and Company, 1873 |
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... Government has , in my opinion , done all that was necessary for the removal of a great practical evil , and no more than was necessary . I consider this , Sir , as a practical question . I rest my opinion on no general theory of government ...
... Government has , in my opinion , done all that was necessary for the removal of a great practical evil , and no more than was necessary . I consider this , Sir , as a practical question . I rest my opinion on no general theory of government ...
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... government ought to be regarded ? Above all , are these the feelings with which the popular branch of the legislature ought to be re- garded ? It is almost as essential to the utility of a House of Commons , that it should possess the ...
... government ought to be regarded ? Above all , are these the feelings with which the popular branch of the legislature ought to be re- garded ? It is almost as essential to the utility of a House of Commons , that it should possess the ...
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... government is the happiness of the people : and I do not conceive that , in a country like this , the happiness of the people can be promoted by a form of government in which the middle classes place no confidence , and which ex- ists ...
... government is the happiness of the people : and I do not conceive that , in a country like this , the happiness of the people can be promoted by a form of government in which the middle classes place no confidence , and which ex- ists ...
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... government ? And , if we have a good government , why alter it ? Now , Sir , I am very far from denying that England is great , and pros- perous , and highly civilised . I am equally far from denying , that she owes much of her ...
... government ? And , if we have a good government , why alter it ? Now , Sir , I am very far from denying that England is great , and pros- perous , and highly civilised . I am equally far from denying , that she owes much of her ...
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... government and the civilisation to the people . This is a state of things which cannot last . If it be not ... government should be brought into harmony with the people ; and it is because this bill seems to me likely to bring the ...
... government and the civilisation to the people . This is a state of things which cannot last . If it be not ... government should be brought into harmony with the people ; and it is because this bill seems to me likely to bring the ...
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