 If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government and legislation are matters of reason and judgment, and not of inclination ; and what sort of reason is that in which the determination precedes...  The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke - Page 14by Edmund Burke - 1807Full view - About this book
 | HAMMOND LAMONT - 1897 - 236 pages
...his judgment; and he betrays you instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. . . . Government and legislation are matters of reason and...three hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments?"1 These principles he heartily followed in practice. For example, in 1778 a bill was proposed... | |
 | Elizabeth Kimball Kendall - 1900 - 526 pages
...But government and legis, . ° , lation are matters of reason and judgment, and not of inclmation \ and what sort of reason is that, in which the determination...men deliberate, and another decide ; and where those w[jO form the conclusion are perhaps three hundred miles i - t distant from those who hear the arguments?... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1901 - 608 pages
...innocent. If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government and legislation are matters of reason...and judgment, and not of inclination ; and what sort f of reason is that in which the determination precedes the discussion, in which one set of men deliberate... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1902 - 678 pages
...innocent. If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government and legislation are matters of reason...discussion, in which one set of men deliberate and anothei decide, and where those who form the conclusion are perhaps three hundred miles distant from... | |
 | T. Dundas Pillans - 1905 - 214 pages
...government were a matter of will " upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be " superior. But government and legislation are " matters of reason and judgment, and not of inclina" tion ; and what sort of reason is that in which the " determination precedes the discussion;... | |
 | Courtenay Ilbert - 1911 - 268 pages
...innocent: if government were a matter of will upon my side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government and legislation are matters of reason...sort of reason is that, in which the determination preceeds the discussion; in which one set of men deliberate, and another decide; and where those who... | |
 | Reginald Lucas - 1913 - 436 pages
...innocent. If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours without question ought to be superior. But government and legislation are matters of reason...hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments ? . . . Authoritative instructions, mandates issued, which the member is bound blindly and implicitly... | |
 | Henry Crosby Emery - 1913 - 200 pages
...innocent. If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government and legislation are matters of reason...three hundred miles distant from those who hear the argument? "To deliver an opinion, is the right of all men; that of constituents is a weighty and respectable... | |
 | Reginald Lucas - 1913 - 436 pages
...innocent. If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours without question ought to be superior. But government and legislation are matters of reason...perhaps three hundred miles distant from those who hear 190 the arguments ? . . . Authoritative instructions, mandates issued, which the member is bound blindly... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 964 pages
...innocent. If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. ls; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, 5 Fluttering...dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars tha [280 reason is that, in which the determination precedes the discussion; in which one set of men deliberate,... | |
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