 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
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...the remark Edmund Burke hi 1774 in his famous address to the Electors of Bristol (his constituents) : "Government and legislation are matters of reason and judgment and not of inclination." Mr. Packard's interesting article on the amending process in the February JOURNAL is summarized on... | |
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