 | Hélène Adeline Guerber - 1899 - 384 pages
...among them one by Daniel Webster, who said that the Constitution was greater than any state, being " made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people." On that occasion also he spoke of " Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable," a phrase... | |
 | 1900 - 526 pages
...of different wills and different purposes, and yet bound to obey all. This absurdity (for it seems no less) arises from a misconception as to the origin...States have declared that this Constitution shall be supreme law. We must either admit the proposition, or deny their authority. The States are, unquestionably,... | |
 | 1898
...be the agent of the people, then the people alone can control it, restrain it, modify, or reform it. It is, Sir. the people's Constitution, the people's...declared that this Constitution shall be the supreme law. — Ibid., Vol. HI, p. 321. If there be no power to settle such questions, independent of either of... | |
 | Howard Walter Caldwell - 1900 - 282 pages
...be the agent of the people, then the people alone can control it, restrain it, modify, or reform it. It is, Sir, the people's Constitution, the people's...declared that this Constitution shall be the supreme law. — Ibid., Vol. Ill, p. 32I. If there be no power to settle such questions, independent of either of... | |
 | Edwin Erle Sparks - 1901 - 438 pages
...Union, then it was bound to obey four and twenty masters of different wills and different purposes. "It is, sir, the people's constitution, the people's...the people ; and answerable to the people. . . . The State legislatures as political bodies, however sovereign, are not yet sovereign over the people."... | |
 | Charles Rufus Skinner - 1900 - 508 pages
...is Liberty's dome. The green fields beneath us, Equality's home. — Hezekiah Butlerworth. (375) 376 The people's government; made for the people; made by the people; and answerable to the people. — Daniel Webster. We are Americans, we will live Americans and we will die Americans. — Daniel... | |
 | Albert Shaw - 1901 - 954 pages
...one and inseparable." In the course of this speech Mr. Webster had said, answering his own question as to " the origin of this government and its true...made by the people, and answerable to the people." Mr. Hess, it would seem to us, has made an apt and valuable suggestion. A more probable one, however,... | |
 | 1901 - 788 pages
...said, answering his own question as to " the origin of this government and its true character : " " Л is, sir, the people's constitution, the people's government,...made by the people, and answerable to the people." Mr. Hess, it would seem to us, has made an apt and valuable suggestion. A more probable one, however,... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - 1901 - 480 pages
...of different wills and different purposes, and yet bound to obey all. This absurdity (for it seems no less) arises from a misconception as to the origin...Government and its true character. It is, sir, the peopled Constitution, the people's Government; made for the people, made. by the people, and answerable... | |
 | W. V. Byars - 1901 - 616 pages
...liberty, and of that oppression which all abhor. — (From a speech in 1852.) Popular Government — The people's government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people. — (From a speech in the US Senate, 1830.) Weed, Thurlow (American, 1797-1882.) «A Good Enough Morgan»—... | |
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It is, sir, the people's constitution, the people's government; made for the people; made by the people; and answerable to the people. 
