 Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests, which interests each must maintain, as an agent and advocate, against other agents and advocates; but Parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest,...  The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke - Page 14by Edmund Burke - 1807Full view - About this book
 | John Rogers Commons - 1896 - 320 pages
...and advocate, against other agents and advocates ; but Parliament is a deliberative assembly of our nation, with one interest, — that of the whole,...resulting from the general reason of the whole. You choose a member, indeed, but when you have chosen him, he is not a member of Bristol, but he is a member... | |
 | John Rogers Commons - 1896 - 316 pages
...prejudices, ought to guide, but the general good, resulting from the general reason of the whole. You choose a member, indeed, but when you have chosen him, he is not a member of Bristol, but he is a member of Parliament." 1 In America, too, the problem of representative... | |
 | 1907 - 762 pages
...an agent and advocate, against other agents and advocates; hut Parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole...resulting from the general reason of the whole. You choose a member, indeed; but when he is chosen, he is not a member of Bristol, but a member of Parliament.... | |
 | Utah. Constitutional Convention - 1898 - 988 pages
...assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole: where no local purposes, no local prejudice ought to guide, but the general good, resulting from the general reason of the whole. You choose a member indeed; but when you have chosen him he is not a member of Bristol, but he is a member... | |
 | Elizabeth Kimball Kendall - 1900 - 538 pages
...agent and advocate, against other agents and advocates ; but parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole...member indeed ; but when you have chosen him, he is not a member of Bristol, but he is a member of parliament. If the local constituent should have an interest,... | |
 | John E. Brandl - 2010 - 204 pages
...British House of Commons, Edmund Burke told his constituents, the electors of Bristol, "You choose a member, indeed, but when you have chosen him, he is not a member of Bristol, but he is a member of Parliament."35 Burkean behavior by legislators sometimes... | |
 | Paul Franco - 1999 - 420 pages
...hostile interests . . . but Parliament is a deliberative Assembly of one Nation, with ow^Interest, that of the whole; where, not local Purposes, not...Member indeed; but when you have chosen him, he is not a member of Bristol, but he is a member of Parliament" (The Writings and Speeches of Edmund Burke,... | |
 | Malcolm Waters - 1999 - 536 pages
...Parliament, as Burke phrased it in the classic statement of the Old Whig theory, is "a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole...good, resulting from the general reason of the whole." Hence the MP should not be bound by authoritative instructions from his constituents and should rather... | |
 | Tadao Miyakawa - 1999 - 568 pages
...as an agent advocate, against other agents and advocates, but Parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest that of the whole...local prejudices ought to guide, but the general good. . . ." Quoted by CJ Friedrich, Constitutional Government and Politics, Harper, New York, 1937, p. 230.... | |
 | Andr s Saj¢ - 1999 - 312 pages
...an Agent and Advocate, against other Agents and Advocates; but Parliament is a deliherative Assembly of one Nation, with one Interest, that of the whole; where, not local Purposes, nor local Prejudices ought to guide, but the general Good, resulting from the general Reason of the... | |
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