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... legislative power , whether it be political , judicial or military , is ordered and di- rected by the votes and resolves of the General Court , in most cases originating in the House of Representatives . " 1 More than anything else ...
... legislative power , whether it be political , judicial or military , is ordered and di- rected by the votes and resolves of the General Court , in most cases originating in the House of Representatives . " 1 More than anything else ...
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... Legislative and Executive power are the trustees and servants of the publick , and as such are accountable for their conduct ; wherefore , whenever the ends of Government are perverted and publick liberty manifestly endangered by the ...
... Legislative and Executive power are the trustees and servants of the publick , and as such are accountable for their conduct ; wherefore , whenever the ends of Government are perverted and publick liberty manifestly endangered by the ...
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Charles Edward Merriam. The democratic environment had rendered special privilege unwelcome , and the legislators were anx- ious to give the prevailing sentiment constitutional recognition . There still remained a controlling class of ...
Charles Edward Merriam. The democratic environment had rendered special privilege unwelcome , and the legislators were anx- ious to give the prevailing sentiment constitutional recognition . There still remained a controlling class of ...
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... legislative , the executive , and the judicial — were separated and a distinct organ of government provided for each ... legislative department shall never exercise the executive and judicial powers or either of them ; the executive ...
... legislative , the executive , and the judicial — were separated and a distinct organ of government provided for each ... legislative department shall never exercise the executive and judicial powers or either of them ; the executive ...
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... legislators were regarded as the immediate representatives of the sovereign people . In the long and bitter struggles of colonial days , the Americans had learned to trust and rely upon the legislature , and to suspect and antagonize ...
... legislators were regarded as the immediate representatives of the sovereign people . In the long and bitter struggles of colonial days , the Americans had learned to trust and rely upon the legislature , and to suspect and antagonize ...
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Page 17 - God, and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid, and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony ; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page 17 - King, defender of the faith, &c., having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do, by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid...
Page 78 - ... that the legislative, executive and judiciary powers ought to be kept as separate from, and independent of each other as the nature of a free government will admit; or as is consistent with that chain of connection, that binds the whole fabric of the constitution in one indissoluble bond of unity and amity.
Page 59 - That government is, or ought to be instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community...
Page 145 - Neither aiming at originality of principle or sentiment, nor yet copied from any particular and previous writing, it was intended to be an expression of the American mind, and to give to that expression the proper tone and spirit called for by the occasion.
Page 183 - The duties of all public officers are, or, at least, admit of being made, so plain and simple, that men of intelligence may readily qualify themselves for their performance...
Page 220 - They meant to set up a standard maxim for free society which should be familiar to all, and revered by all; constantly looked to, constantly labored for, and even though never perfectly attained, constantly approximated, and thereby constantly spreading and deepening its influence and augmenting the happiness and value of life to all people of all colors everywhere.
Page 148 - What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Page 153 - That after the year 1800 of the Christian era there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in any of the said States otherwise than in punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted to have been personally guilty.
Page 164 - Every one, by his property, or by his satisfactory situation, is interested in the support of law and order. And such men may safely and advantageously reserve to themselves a wholesome control over their public affairs, and a degree of freedom, which, in the hands of the canaille of the cities of Europe, would be instantly perverted to the demolition and destruction of everything public and private.