 If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government and legislation are matters of reason and judgment, and not of inclination...  Burke - Page 71by John Morley - 1879 - 214 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1852 - 968 pages
...Burke, in adverting to the subject, remarked, " My worthy colleague says his will ought to be subject to yours. If that be all, the thing is innocent. If...inclination ; and what sort of reason is that in which determination precedes discussion, in which one set of men deliberate and another decide, and where... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1852 - 976 pages
...Burke, in adverting to the subject, remarked, " My worthy colleague says his will ought to be subject to yours. If that be all, the thing is innocent. If...inclination ; and what sort of reason is that in which determination precedes discussion, in which one set of men deliberate and another decide, and where... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1852 - 978 pages
...worthy colleague says his will ought to be subject to yours. If that be all, the thing is in nocent. n ques tion, ought to be superior. But government and legislation are matters of reason and judgment,... | |
 | Peter Burke - 1854 - 340 pages
...betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. "My worthy colleague says, his will ought to be subservient. to yours. If that be...will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to he superior. But government and legislation are matters of reason and judgment, and not of inclination... | |
 | Henry Washington Hilliard - 1855 - 510 pages
...instead of serving you, if he sacrifice it to your opinion." He adds again, " If government were a mere matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government and legislai tion are matters of reason and judgment, not of inclination. And what sort of reason is that... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1860 - 644 pages
...it to your opinion. My worthy colleague says, his will ought to be subservient to yours. If that bo all, the thing is innocent. If government were a matter...upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superiour. But government tssVi legislation are matters of reason and judgment, ind not of inclination... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May (baron Farnborough.) - 1861 - 536 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 judgment, and not of in1 About a thousand petitions are with the signatures, relating " annually printed in extenso ; and... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May - 1861 - 544 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 judgment, and not of in1 About a thousand petitions are with the signatures, relating to annually printed in cxtenso ; and... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May (baron Farnborough.) - 1863 - 590 pages
...number of petitions, and he betrays, instead of serving you, if lie sacrifices it to your opinion. . . Government and legislation are matters of reason and...of inclination ; and what sort of reason is that in wliich the determination precedes the discussion, — in which one set of men deliberate, and another... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 pages
...betrays instead of 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 innocent. If goveiument were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But... | |
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