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" Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. "
Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors - Page 15
by John Timbs - 1829
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Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Volume 4

John Sanderson - 1823 - 336 pages
...or to any set of men living. These he does not derive from your pleasure; no, nor from the law nor the constitution. They are a trust from Providence, for the abuse of wnich he is deeply answerable. Your representative owes you not his industry only, but his judgment;...
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Memoir of the life and character of ... Edmund Burke; with specimens of his ...

Sir James Prior - 1824 - 618 pages
...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...serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. " My worthy colleague says, his will ought to be subservient to yours. If that be all, the thing is...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 94, Part 2; Volume 136

1824 - 718 pages
...any man, or to any set of men living. These he does not derive from your pleasure; no, nor from tbe law and the constitution. They are a trust from Providence,...serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. "My worthy colleague says, his will ought to be subservient to yours. If that be all, the thing is...
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Memoir of the life and character of ... Edmund Burke; with specimens of his ...

sir James Prior - 1826 - 1108 pages
...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...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. " My...
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American Quarterly Review, Volume 5

Robert Walsh - 1829 - 532 pages
...enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to you, to any man, or any set of men living. These he does not derive from your pleasure; no, nor from the law...serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. " My worthy colleague says, his will ought to be subservient to yours. If that be all, the thing is...
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Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Volume 3

John Sanderson, Robert Waln - 1828 - 438 pages
...or to any set of men living. These he does not derive from your pleasure ; no, nor from the law nor the constitution. They are a trust from Providence, for the abuse of which be is deeply answerable. Your representative owes you not his industry only, but his judgment; and...
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Laconics; or, The best words of the best authors [ed. by J. Timbs ..., Volume 3

Laconics - 1829 - 352 pages
...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...opinion. — Burke— to the Electors of Bristol. To embarrass justice by a multiplicity of laws or to hazard it by a confidence in our judges, are,...
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Hansard's Parliamentary Debates

Great Britain. Parliament - 1831 - 762 pages
...the principle that a Representative " was not a member for Bristol, but a Member of Parliament," " Your Representative owes you, not his industry only,...serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion." His own opinion entirely accorded with that of Mr. Burke. The excitements of this question of Parliamentary...
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The Georgian Era: The royal family. The pretenders and their adherents ...

1832 - 616 pages
...instructions of those who sent him there. " Your representative," said he, "owes you not only his industry, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion." The affairs of America for some time almost entirely engrossed his attention : one of his numerous...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 33

1833 - 1034 pages
...enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any set of men living. They are a trust from Providence, for the abuse of...serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. * * # * * if government were a matter of will, upon any side ; yours, without question, ought to be...
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