 Commons, than a neglect of, or departure from, the rules of proceeding: that these forms, as instituted by our ancestors, operated as a check and control on the actions of the majority, and that they were, in many instances, a shelter and protection to...  The Works of Charles Sumner - Page 54by Charles Sumner - 1883Full view - About this book
 | 1826 - 228 pages
...as instituted by our ancestors, operated as a check and controul on the actions of the majority, and that they were in many instances, a shelter and protection to the minority against the attempts of power." So far the maxim is certainly true, and is founded in good sense, that as it is always in the power... | |
 | Joel Barlow Sutherland - 1830 - 404 pages
...instituted by our ancestors, operated as a check and ' control on the actions of the majority, and that they ' were, in many instances, a shelter and...to •the minority, against the attempts of power." So far the maxim is certainly true, and is founded in good sense, that as it is always in the power... | |
 | Honoré-Gabriel de Riqueti comte de Mirabeau - 1832 - 382 pages
...proceeding, as instituted by our ancestors, operated as a check and control in the actions of ministers, and that they were in many instances a shelter and protection to the minority against the attempts of power.' " So far observes Hatsel. The maxim is certainly true, and is founded in good sense ; that, as it is... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1837 - 202 pages
...instituted by our ancestors, operated as a check, and control, on the actions of the majority ; and that they were, in many instances, a shelter and protection to the minority, against the attempts of power." power of the majority, by their numbers, to stop any improper measures proposed on the part of their... | |
 | Joel Barlow Sutherland - 1838 - 456 pages
...as instituted by our ancestors, operated as a check and control on the actions of the majority, and that they were in many instances, a shelter and protection to the minority, against the attemps of power." So far the maxim is certainly true, and is founded in good sense, that as it is... | |
 | Joel Barlow Sutherland - 1841 - 530 pages
...instituted by ' our ancestors, operated as a check and control ' on the actions of the majority, and that they ' were in many instances, a shelter and...' to the minority, against the attempts of power." So far the maxim is certainly true, and is founded in good sense, that as it is always in the power... | |
 | New York (State). Secretary's Office - 1853 - 476 pages
...as instituted by our ancestors, operated as a check and control on the actions of the majority : and that they were, in many instances, a shelter and protection to the minority, against the attempts of power." So far the maxim is certainly true, and is founded in good sense, that as it is always in the power... | |
 | Joseph Bartlett Burleigh - 1853 - 354 pages
...as instituted by our ancestors, operated as a check and control on the actions of the majority, and that they were, in many instances, a shelter and protection to the minority against the attempts of power.' So far the maxim is certainly true, and is founded in good sense, that as it is always in the power... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1854 - 612 pages
...suke, as well as theirs, must prefer recurring to some system of rules ready formed; and there and that they were, in many instances, a shelter and protection to the minority, against the attempts of power." So far the maxim 1 is certainly true, and is founded in good sense, that as it is always in the power... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1854 - 204 pages
...instituted by our ancestors, operted as a check, and control, on the actions of the jajority ; and that they were, in many instances, a shelter and protection to the minority, against the atempts of power." So far the maxim is certainly true, and is founded in good sense, that as ; is always... | |
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