 | Edmund Burke - 1889 - 556 pages
...correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents. Their wishes ought to havei great weight with him ; their opinion, high respect...repose, his pleasures, his satisfactions, to theirs; and aboe all, ever, and in all cases, to prefer their interest to big own. But his unbiassed opinion, his... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1807 - 560 pages
...expresses himself (if I understand him rightly) in favour of the coercive authority of such instructions. Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness...ever, and in all cases, to prefer their interest to hrs own. But, VoL. II. C his unbiassed opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscience, he... | |
 | 1812 - 500 pages
...speech to the electors of Bristol, he discusses the point in the following unanswerable language. " .Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness...theirs; and, above all, ever, and in all cases, to pref r their interest to his own. But, his unbiassed opinion, his mat, re judgment, his enlightened... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 352 pages
...his mother spare: It is no armour for the heart. Etheridgr, Though beauty be a killing dart, LVII. It ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative,...satisfactions, to theirs and, above all, ever, and in all canes, to prefer their interest to his own. But, his unbiassed opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1834 - 648 pages
...their opinion high re* spect; their business unremiited attention. It is his duty to sacrifice hie ed a right by the revolution to elect our kings, that...possessed it before, the English nation did at that time hie own. But, his unbiassed opinion, hie mature judgment, his enlightened conscience, he ought not... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1834 - 740 pages
...»ishes ought to have great weight with him ; their opinion high respect ; their business unremittcd attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose,...pleasures, his satisfactions, to theirs ; and above aD, ever, and in all cases, to prefer their interest to his own. But, his unbiassed opinion, his mature... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 pages
...from the baseness of such an accuser. XXVI. DUTY OF A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT.—Burke. Gentlemen—It ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative...above all, ever, and in all cases, to prefer their interests to his own. But his unbiassed opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscience, he... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 pages
...union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents, 2. Their wishes ought to have great weight with him ;...above all, ever, and in all cases, to prefer their interests to his own. But his unbiassed opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscience, he... | |
 | Peter Burke - 1845 - 490 pages
...JUDGMENT IN MEMBERS or PARLIAMENT, AND OBJECTIONS TO THEIR BEING PLEDGED TO THEIR CONSTITUENCY. — Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness...his pleasures, his satisfactions, to theirs ; and ahove all, ever, and in all cases, to prefer their interest to his own. But, his unbiassed opinion,... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1846 - 340 pages
...union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents. 2. Their wishes ought to have great weight with him ;...above all, ever, and in all cases, to prefer their interests to his own. But his unbiased opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscience, he... | |
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Certainly, Gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative to live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents. Their wishes ought to have great weight with him... 
