The True Theory of Representation in a State ...Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1857 - Representative government and representation - 101 pages |
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... surely , a very unfair and very unsatisfactory criterion to resort to in the regulation of the general principle of representation , or of electoral suffrage . Taxation is , happily , but a very small part of the duty of a legislator ...
... surely , a very unfair and very unsatisfactory criterion to resort to in the regulation of the general principle of representation , or of electoral suffrage . Taxation is , happily , but a very small part of the duty of a legislator ...
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... surely as much consideration , and are of equal importance in the State as in the man . It is well remarked by Aristotle , that , to give stability to any government , it is necessary that all orders of the State should c 3 ...
... surely as much consideration , and are of equal importance in the State as in the man . It is well remarked by Aristotle , that , to give stability to any government , it is necessary that all orders of the State should c 3 ...
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... surely no reason why property and commerce should not obtain a due and independent repre- sentation in such a body . - The important interest here alluded to is in- directly represented in the House of Commons , and also in the House of ...
... surely no reason why property and commerce should not obtain a due and independent repre- sentation in such a body . - The important interest here alluded to is in- directly represented in the House of Commons , and also in the House of ...
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... surely , no reason why perfection is not to be sought after by both . That government is equally as bad in which wealth and commerce are overlooked and intelli- gence only is regarded , as that in which intelligence is disregarded and ...
... surely , no reason why perfection is not to be sought after by both . That government is equally as bad in which wealth and commerce are overlooked and intelli- gence only is regarded , as that in which intelligence is disregarded and ...
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... surely , most unjust and most impolitic to consider theirs as the only interest in the State , or to deny to its leading interests all share in the representa- tion . Nevertheless , so far as the Reform Act proceeded merely on the ...
... surely , most unjust and most impolitic to consider theirs as the only interest in the State , or to deny to its leading interests all share in the representa- tion . Nevertheless , so far as the Reform Act proceeded merely on the ...
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