 I choose to solve the controversy with this small distinction, and it belongs to all three: any government is free to the people under it (whatever be the frame) where the laws rule and the people are a party to those laws, and more than this is tyranny,...  Dr. John Fothergill and his friends - Page 277by Richard Hingston Fox - 1919 - 434 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Philip S. Klein, Ari Arthur Hoogenboom - 2010 - 651 pages
...aristocracy, and democracy, but would adopt the idea that "any government is free to the people under it where the laws rule and the people are a party to those laws,." No mere scheme or system of government would, of itself, bring good results. "Governments, like clocks,... | |
 | Giles Gunn - 1981 - 489 pages
...the controversy with this small distinction, and it belongs to all three: Any government is free to the people under it (whatever be the frame) where...laws rule, and the people are a party to those laws, and more than this is tyranny, oligarchy, or confusion. But, lastly, when all is said, there is hardly... | |
 | Jean R. Soderlund - 1983 - 436 pages
...the controversy with this small distinction, and it belongs to all three: any government is free to the people under it (whatever be the frame) where...laws rule, and the people are a party to those laws, and more than this is tyranny, oligarchy, or confusion. But lastly, when all is said, there is hardly... | |
 | Bernard Schwartz - 1992 - 322 pages
...is the statement at such an early date of the concept of the rule of law: "Any government is free to the people under it (whatever be the frame) where...laws rule and the people are a party to those laws." The purpose of the frame is to secure the people from the abuse of power and to keep the proper balance... | |
 | Patrick Joyce - 1994 - 260 pages
...and democracy] with this small distinction, and it belongs to all three: any government is free to the people under it, whatever be the frame, where the laws rule, and the people are party to the laws... let men be good and the government cannot be bad ... But if men be bad, let the... | |
 | Scott Tucker - 1997 - 284 pages
...designing and writing his "Frame of Government for Pennsylvania" in 1682, wrote, "Any government is free to the people under it (whatever be the frame) where...laws rule, and the people are a party to those laws." He believed if citizens were only good enough, even a bad frame of government would serve well enough.... | |
 | Frank H. Knight - 1999 - 466 pages
...was well stated in William Penn's "Frame of Government" for Pennsylvania: "A government is free to the people under it (whatever be the frame) where the laws rule and the people are a party to the laws."7 The reason why Hayek in his pretentiously detailed history does not mention such crucial... | |
 | Joy Hakim - 2003 - 438 pages
...Perm's Charter of Liberties for Pennsylvania established a government "free to the people under it, where the laws rule, and the people are a party to those laws." Penn really believed in brotherly love. As long as he was in charge, he tried to treat all people fairly.... | |
 | Sheldon Hackney - 180 pages
...included in the freedom of self-governance. archy, Oligarchy, and Democracy: "Any Government is Free to the People under it (what-ever be the Frame) where...Laws Rule, and the People are a Party to those Laws, and more than this is Tyranny, Oligarchy or Confusion.... For Liberty without Obedience is Confusion,... | |
 | Carole J Keller - 2006 - 321 pages
...Government of the Province of Pennsylvania (on May 5, 1682), Penn said: "Any government is free to the people under it (whatever be the frame) where...laws rule, and the people are a party to those laws, and more than this is tyranny, oligarchy, or confusion, " [Donald S. Lutz, Introductory Essay, Colonial... | |
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