 | Thomas Jefferson - 1803 - 388 էջ
...government <ve fought for; but one which should not only be founded on free principles, but in which the powers of government should be so divided and...transcend their legal limits, without being effectually, cheqked and restrained by the others. For this reason that convention, which passed the ordinance of... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - 756 էջ
...government we fought for; but one which should not only be founded on free principles, but in which the powers of government should be so divided and...legal limits without being effectually checked and controlled by the others." Should the proceedings of the Covode committee become a precedent, both... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 1817 - 570 էջ
...government we fought for ; but one which " should not only be founded on free principles, but in which the " powers of government should be so divided and...legal limits, without being effectually checked and re" strained by the others. For this reason, that convention which " passed the ordinance of government,... | |
 | James Madison, John Jay - 1818 - 882 էջ
...founded on free principles, but in which the " powers of government should be so divided and ba" lanced among several bodies of magistracy, as that no " one...the others. For •• this reason, that convention winch passed the ordi" nance of government, laid its foundation on this basis, " that the legislative,... | |
 | 1826 - 558 էջ
...government we fought for ; but one which should not only be founded on free principles, but in which the powers of government should be so divided and...passed the ordinance of government, laid its foundation on this basis, that the legislative, executive, and judiciary departments should be separate and distinct,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, James Russell Lowell, Edward Everett, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1826 - 538 էջ
...government we fought for ; but one which should not only be founded on free principles, but in which the powers of government should be so divided and...passed the ordinance of government, laid its foundation on this basis, that the legislative, executive, and judiciary departments should be separate and distinct,... | |
 | James Madison, John Jay - 1826 - 736 էջ
...government we fought for ; but " one which should not only be founded on free principles, but " in which the powers of government should be so divided and...the ordinance of government, laid " its foundation on this basis, that the legislative, executive, " and judiciary departments, should be separate and... | |
 | 1827 - 552 էջ
...free principles, but in which the powers of government should be so divided and balanced among the several bodies of magistracy, as that no one could...effectually checked and restrained by the others.' Sir, whenever these principles shall cease to be respected by the councils of this country, I shall... | |
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An elective despotism was not the government we fought for; but one which should not only be founded on free principles, but in which the powers of government should be so divided and balanced among several bodies of magistracy, as that no one could transcend... 
