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Page 205
... government emanating from the whole were established in any nation , it would ob- viously be the duty of every man ( i ... legislative and executive to be hereditary , for life , elected for a limited period , or have parts of two or all ...
... government emanating from the whole were established in any nation , it would ob- viously be the duty of every man ( i ... legislative and executive to be hereditary , for life , elected for a limited period , or have parts of two or all ...
Page 245
... legislative and executive offices under an unlawful constitution , may compel submission because they have power ... hereditary executive , and a hereditary and elected legislative , emanating from a part of the people , of a thousand ...
... legislative and executive offices under an unlawful constitution , may compel submission because they have power ... hereditary executive , and a hereditary and elected legislative , emanating from a part of the people , of a thousand ...
Page 281
... hereditary , as in Russia , or elective from a portion of the people , as in ... legislative and executive . 292. These have simply to execute the trust ... legislative and executive were empowered to act , they passed an improper ...
... hereditary , as in Russia , or elective from a portion of the people , as in ... legislative and executive . 292. These have simply to execute the trust ... legislative and executive were empowered to act , they passed an improper ...
Page 283
... laws is in one man ; -by making any change whatever , he alters the con- stitution from a legal to an illegal one . Hence we see the absurdity of the French government abolishing hereditary peerages . The constitution , as originally ...
... laws is in one man ; -by making any change whatever , he alters the con- stitution from a legal to an illegal one . Hence we see the absurdity of the French government abolishing hereditary peerages . The constitution , as originally ...
Page 295
... hereditary government , says Paine , is in its nature tyranny . An heritable ... legislative and executive offices in nations , doing it by virtue of a ... hereditary rights , there must be a certain family or families , that at the ...
... hereditary government , says Paine , is in its nature tyranny . An heritable ... legislative and executive offices in nations , doing it by virtue of a ... hereditary rights , there must be a certain family or families , that at the ...
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