 | Cadwallader Colden - 1755 - 276 pages
...Governments rather depen </ upon Men, than Men upon Governments. Let Men le good, and the Government cant ba bad ; if it be ill, they will cure it. But if Men be bad, let the Government be never fo good, they will endeavour to warp and fpoil it to their Turn. I know fome fay, Let us have good... | |
 | James Murray - 1780 - 626 pages
...and as governments are made and moved by men, fo by them they are ruined too. Wherefore governments rather depend upon men, than men upon governments. Let men be good and the government can't be bad ; if it be ill, they will cure it. But if men be bad, let the government be commonly called... | |
 | Robert Proud - 1797 - 522 pages
...and as governments are made and moved by men, fo by them arc they ruined too. Wherefore, governments rather depend upon men, than men upon governments....be ill, they will cure it. But, if men be bad, let government be never fo good, they will endeavour to warp and ? 'to fpoil it to their turn."—" That,... | |
 | 1817 - 552 pages
...and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined too: wherefore governments rather depend upon men, than men upon governments....know some say, let us have good laws, and no matter fur .the men -that execute them: but let them consider, that though good laws do well, good men do... | |
 | John Marshall - 1804 - 582 pages
...and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined too. Wherefore governments rather depend upon men, than men upon governments....government cannot be bad ; if it be ill, they will curse it. But if men be bad, let the government be never so good, they will endeavour to warp and spoil... | |
 | Thomas Clarkson - 1813 - 520 pages
...upon men rather than men upon Governments. Like clocks, they go from the motion which men give them. Let men be good, and the Government cannot be bad....cure it. But if men be bad, let the Government be ever so good they will endeavour to warp and and spoil it to their turn. Some were of opinion that... | |
 | Thomas Clarkson - 1813 - 562 pages
...and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined too. Wherefore governments rather depend upon men, than men upon governments. Let men be good, and the government cannot be had. If it be ill, they will cure it. But if men be badi let the government be never so good, they... | |
 | Thomas Clarkson - 1813 - 514 pages
...they go from the motion which men give them. Let men be good, and the Government cannot be bad. Jf it be ill, they will cure it. But if men be bad, let the Government be ever so good they will endeavour to warp and spoil it to their turn. Some were of opinion that if they... | |
 | 1814 - 1112 pages
...Wherefore governments rather .depend upon men, than men upon governments. Let men he gcod, and th* government cannot be bad. If it be ill, they will...government be never so good, they will endeavour, to wnrp and spoil it to their turn. " I know some say, I,et us bavé good laws, and no matter for thé... | |
 | 1814 - 402 pages
...virtuous. It is also a proposition which is of mixed import, and highly calculated to mislead, that " if men be bad, let the government be never so good,...will endeavour to warp and spoil it to their turn." It is a fundamental proposition in politics, that with individual exceptions, which are not to be counted... | |
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Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them; and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined too. Wherefore, governments rather depend upon men than men upon governments. Let men be good and the government cannot... 
