 | John Morley - 1904 - Страниц: 220
...decisive and binding. Burke in a weighty passage upheld a manlier doctrine. " Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative to live in the strictest nnion, the closest correspondence, and the most, unreserved communication with his constituents. Their... | |
 | T. Dundas Pillans - 1905 - Страниц: 199
...following is the passage referred to :— " It ought to be the happiness and glory of a repre" sentative to live in the strictest union, the closest " correspondence, and the most unreserved communi" cation with his constituents. Their wishes ought to " have great weight with him; their opinion,... | |
 | 1898
...relation of a member of Parliament to his constituents. He believed it to be "the happiness and the glory of a representative to live in the strictest...most unreserved communication with his constituents." "It is his duty to sacrifice his repose, his pleasures, his satisfactions to theirs, and above all,... | |
 | United States. 92d Congress, 2d session, 1972, United States. Congress - 1972 - Страниц: 98
...communication with his constituents. Their wishes ought to have great weight with him; their opinions high respect; their business unremitted 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... | |
 | David B. Chandler, Carleton University. Institute of Canadian Studies - 1976 - Страниц: 224
...abolitionists reiterated the famous speech by Edmund Burke in 1774 and quoted from it: Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative...strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the more unreserved communication with his constituents. Their wishes ought to have great weight with him;... | |
 | Heinz Eulau - 1977 - Страниц: 111
...role, the modern representative cannot possibly measure up to Edmund Burke's solemn injunction that "it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative,...correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents."9 It matters not, for this purpose, to review whatever else Burke said about representation,... | |
 | Leo Bogart - Страниц: 264
...trend of opinion? Edmund Burke, in his speech to the electors of Bristol on November 3, 1774, said, "It ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative...high respect; their business unremitted attention. . . ." But, Burke went on to say, "Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment;... | |
 | Paul Langford, Rector of Lincoln College and Professor of Modern History Paul Langford - 1991 - Страниц: 608
...as a representative of the empire's second city, and went out of his way to stress that he thought it 'ought to be the happiness and glory of a Representative,...correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents'.t75 He was a dutiful and industrious constituency MP. None the less he had a clear sense... | |
 | Suzy Platt - 1993 - Страниц: 520
...possible."— Congressional Record, October 22, 1965, vol. I11, p. 28566. 280 Certainly, Gentlemen, 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. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose,... | |
 | George F. Will - 2010 - Страниц: 272
...duty of a representative, rightly understood. Certainly, he said amicably, a representative should "live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence,...most unreserved communication with his constituents." But all he was saying was that a representative should hear, understand and empathize with his constituents.... | |
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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. 
