 | John Morley - 1867 - 340 էջ
...interest to his own. His judgment, on the contrary, he ought never under any circumstances to sacrifice. "Your representative owes you not his industry only,...serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion." 2 On Burke's theory, the jeople, as a rule, were no more concerned to interfere with Parliament than... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 էջ
...any set of living men. These he does not derive from your pleasures ; no, nor from the law and the constitution. They are a trust from Providence, for...deeply answerable. Your representative owes you, not Viis industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to... | |
 | Irish ecclesiastical record - 1868 - 596 էջ
...pleasures, his satisfactions, to theirs ; and, above all, ever, and in all cases, to prefer their interest to his own. But his unbiassed opinion, his mature...serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion." In these terms of great polrtical wisdom he emancipated himself from the narrow selfish views sought... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1868 - 526 էջ
...constitution. They are a trust OR, SCHOOL REAPER. from Providence, for the abuse of which he is deep1 • answerable. Your representative owes you, not his...serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. 47. Among those whom I never could persuade to rank themselves with Idlers, and who speak with indignation... | |
 | Richard Edwards, John Russell Webb - 1868 - 510 էջ
...any set of living men. These he does not derive from your pleasures ; no, nor from the law and the constitution. They are a trust from Providence, for...Your representative owes you, not his industry only, hut his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. 3. My... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May - 1871 - 444 էջ
...number of petitions, \vitli the signatures, relating to every subject. 1 Adolphus, Hiet., i:. 143. but his judgment ; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. . . . Government and legislation are matters of reason and judgment, and not of inclination ; and what... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 էջ
...any set of living men. These he does not derive from your pleasures ; no, nor from the law and the constitution. They are a trust from Providence, for...serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. 3. My worthy colleague says his will ought to be subservient to yours. If that be all, the thing is... | |
 | Jakob Olaus Løkke - 1875 - 556 էջ
...to any set of men living. These he does not derive from your pleasure; no, nor from the law and the constitution. They are a trust from Providence, for...judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if lie sacrifices it to your opinion. My worthy colleague says, his will ought to be subservient to yours.... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1877 - 582 էջ
...any set of men living. These he does not derive from your pleasure, — no, nor from the law and the Constitution. They are a trust from Providence, for...ought to be subservient to yours. If that be all, the tiling is innocent. If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought... | |
 | John Morley - 1879 - 242 էջ
...enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any set of men living. Your representative owes you, not his industry only,...sacrifices it to your opinion. " My worthy colleague says, hia will ought to be subservient to yours. If that be all, the thing is innocent. If government were... | |
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But his unbiased opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any set of men living. These he does not derive from your pleasure; no, nor from the law and the Constitution. They are a trust... 
