The Price of UnionHoughton Mifflin, 1950 - 750 pages Explores the origins and development of American political institutions. Contains a copy of the constitution, notes, bibliography, and index. |
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Page 268
... rule of the concurrent majority : rule by the agreement of all interested parties . The fact that such a rule , embodied formally in the Constitution , would thwart all government action did not bother Calhoun . As a traditional ...
... rule of the concurrent majority : rule by the agreement of all interested parties . The fact that such a rule , embodied formally in the Constitution , would thwart all government action did not bother Calhoun . As a traditional ...
Page 334
... rule of an unchecked majority . Liberty can only flourish when man is protected from the rulers of his own choice.12 The ruled , therefore , must be given " the means of making peaceable and effective resistance . " And the one ...
... rule of an unchecked majority . Liberty can only flourish when man is protected from the rulers of his own choice.12 The ruled , therefore , must be given " the means of making peaceable and effective resistance . " And the one ...
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... rule , which has been in force ever since . Under the rule sixteen Senators can insist that there be presented for an aye - and - nay vote the question : " Is it the sense of the Senate that the debate ( upon any pending measure ) shall ...
... rule , which has been in force ever since . Under the rule sixteen Senators can insist that there be presented for an aye - and - nay vote the question : " Is it the sense of the Senate that the debate ( upon any pending measure ) shall ...
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Prelude to a Federation | 25 |
Claims of the States to Western Lands 17831802 | 35 |
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