 | United States - 1913 - 1128 pages
...can not be better stated than in the language of Edmund Burke to the electors of Bristol. Said he: It ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative...wishes ought to have great weight with him; their opinions high respect: their business unremitting attention; but his unbiased opinion, his mature Judgment,... | |
 | Reginald Lucas - Great Britain - 1913 - 436 pages
...made one of his most celebrated speeches, which, as a specimen of his style, may be inserted here : ' Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness...in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, the most unreserved communication with his constituents. Their wishes ought to have great weight with... | |
 | Reginald Lucas - Great Britain - 1913 - 436 pages
...made one of his most celebrated speeches, which, as a specimen of his style, may be inserted here : ' Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness...in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, the most unreserved communication with his constituents. Their wishes ought to have great weight with... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - English literature - 1916 - 468 pages
...expresses himself (if I understand him rightly) in favor of the coercive authority of such instructions. Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representa- [25° live to live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved... | |
 | Rome Green Brown - Constitutional law - 1917 - 1002 pages
...forgotten the real duty of a representative to those who have chosen him. Let me read what Burke said : " It ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative...wishes ought to have great weight with him; their opinions high respect; their business unremitted attention; but his unbiased opinion, his mature judgment,... | |
 | Godfrey Locker Lampson - Great Britain - 1918 - 628 pages
...expresses himself (if I understand him rightly) in favour of the coercive authority of such instructions. Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness...attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose, his pleasure, his satisfactions, to theirs ; and, above all, ever, and in all cases, to prefer their interest... | |
 | Pherozeshah Mehta - Bombay (India : State) - 1918 - 568 pages
...his constituents after being elected Member for Bristol in 1774. Said the great Parliamentarian -.— "Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a re?presentattvc tolive in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most, unreserved... | |
 | Ivor John Carnegie Brown - Democracy - 1920 - 184 pages
...theory of delegation. It was put forward very strongly by Edmund Burke to his Bristol constituents : " Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness...wishes ought to have great weight with him ; their opinions high respect, their business unremitted attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose,... | |
 | Ivor John Carnegie Brown - Democracy - 1920 - 188 pages
...theory of delegation. It was put forward very strongly by Edmund Burke to his Bristol constituents : " Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness...communication with his constituents. Their wishes ought 74 to have great weight with him ; their opinions high respect, their business unremitted attention.... | |
 | Sir Courtenay Peregrine Ilbert - Cabinet system - 1920 - 280 pages
...address to the electors he touched on the topic of instructions to members. This is what he said — " Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness...representative to live in the strictest union, the closest corre157 spondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents. Their wishes ought... | |
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Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative to live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents. 
