But government and legislation are matters of reason and judgment, and not of inclination; and what 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... The orator, a treasury of English eloquence - Page 6by Orator - 1864Full view - About this book
| Hanna F. Pitkin - 1967 - 340 pages
...are not. "What sort of reason is that in which the determination precedes the discussion, in which one set of men deliberate and another decide, and...three hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments?"18 Thus for a number of reasons the first Burkean concept of representation seems to preclude... | |
| William E. Conklin - 1979 - 350 pages
...question: "and what sort of reason is that in which the determination precedes the discussion, in which one set of men deliberate and another decide, and...miles distant from those who hear the arguments?" Accordingly, legislators were not delegates of the constituents. Rather, legislators were an elected... | |
| George F. Will - 2010 - 284 pages
...inclination; and what sort of reason is that in which the determination precedes the discussion, in which one set of men deliberate and another decide, and...miles distant from those who hear the arguments?" They were, he said, sending him to a capital, but not a foreign capital. He was going to Parliament,... | |
| James Conniff - 1994 - 384 pages
...Burke asked, "what sort of reason is that in which the determination precedes the discussion, in which one set of men deliberate and another decide, and...three hundred miles distant from those who hear the argument?" 18 Therefore, Burke concluded, a member of Parliament cannot content himself with simply... | |
| M. Kent Jennings, Thomas E. Mann - 1994 - 350 pages
...the determination precedes the discussion; in which one set of men deliberate, and another decides; and where those who form the conclusion are perhaps...hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments" (as quoted in Pitkin l967, l47l, Of course, Burke was not the greatest friend of populist democracy,... | |
| William Bianco - 1994 - 236 pages
...inclination; and what 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 form the conclusion are three hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments? (Hoffman and Levack 1949, 115) The delegate-trustee... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1997 - 720 pages
...inclination; and what sort of reason is that in which the determination precedes the discussion, in which one set of men deliberate and another decide, and...opinion, which a representative . . . ought always most seriously to consider. But authoritative instructions, mandates issued, which the member is bound... | |
| James A. Mackin - 1997 - 300 pages
...inclination; and what sort of reason is that, in which the determination precedes the discussion; in which one set of men deliberate and another decide; and...miles distant from those who hear the arguments?" For the most part, I agree with Burke. The process of adequate representation and the determination... | |
| Bernard Manin - 1997 - 260 pages
...inclination; and what sort of reason is that in which the determination precedes the discussion, in which one set of men deliberate and another decide, and...hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments? . . . Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests, which interests... | |
| Joseph M. Bessette - 1994 - 316 pages
...inclination; and what sort of reason is that in which the determination precedes the discussion, in which one set of men deliberate and another decide, and...hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments? . . . Parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole; where,... | |
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