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" My worthy colleague says his will ought to be subservient to yours. If that be all, the thing is innocent : if government were a matter of will upon my side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government and legislation are matters of... "
Parliament: Its History, Constitution and Practice - Page 158
by Courtenay Ilbert - 1911 - 256 pages
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: A vindication of natural ...

Edmund Burke - 1889 - 556 pages
...subservient to yours. If that be all, the thing is innocent. If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior....sort of reason is that, in which the determination precedes the discussion ; in which one set of men deliberate, and another decide ; and where those...
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Coke and Birc[h].: The Paper War, Carried on at the Nottingham Election ...

Daniel Parker Coke - 1803 - 462 pages
...only, but his judgment ; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But...sort of reason is that in which the determination precedes the discussion; in which one set of men deliberate and another decide ; and where those who...
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Maxims and opinions, moral, political and economical, with ..., Volume 1

Edmund Burke - 1804 - 244 pages
...subservient to yours. If that be all, the thing is innocent. If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior....sort of reason is that, in which the determination 150 precedes the discussion ; in which one set of men deliberate, and another decide ; and where those...
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Maxims and Opinions: Moral, Political, and Economical, with Characters from ...

Edmund Burke - 1804 - 228 pages
...subservient to yours. If that be all, the thing is innocent. If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior....sort of reason is that, in which the determination 150 precedes the discussion ; in which one set of men deliberate, and another decide ; and where those...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2

Edmund Burke - 1807 - 560 pages
...If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superiour. But government and legislation are matters of reason...sort of reason is that, in which the determination precedes the discussion ; in which one set of men deliberate, and another decide ; and where those...
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The British Cicero: Or, A Selection of the Most Admired Speeches ..., Volume 1

1808 - 540 pages
...subservient to yours. If that be all, the thing is innocent. If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior....sort of reason is that, in which the determination precedes the discussion ; in which one set of men deliberate, and another decide ; and where those,...
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The American Review of History and Politics, and General ..., Volume 4

1812 - 500 pages
...subservient to yours. If that be all, the thing is innocent. If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior....reason and judgment, and not of inclination; and, what . ment of a senator of the United States from Virginia, who doth not hold himself bound to obey sucll...
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Maxims, Opinions and Characters, Moral, Political, and Economical, Volume 1

Edmond Burke - 1815 - 240 pages
...subservient to yours. If that be all, the thing is innocent. If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior....sort of reason is that, in which the determination precedes the discussion ; in which one set of men deliberate, and another decide ; and where those...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 33

1833 - 1006 pages
...you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. * # * « » if government were a matter of will, upon any side ; yours, without question, ought to be superior....and legislation are matters of reason and judgment, not of inclination. And what sort of reason is that, in which the determination precedes the discussion;...
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Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Volume 4

John Sanderson - 1823 - 336 pages
...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...sort of reason is that, in which the determination precedes the discussion; in which one set of men deliberate, and another decide; and where those who...
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