Power without right is the most odious and detestable object that can be offered to the human imagination. It is not only pernicious to those who are subject to it, but tends to its own destruction. It is what my noble friend (Lord Lyttleton) has truly... Popular History of England - Pągina 295per Charles Knight - 1860Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| John Almon - 1792 - 458 pągines
...•v—"—' Within the bounds prefcribed by the constitution, that '77°authority is neceflary to the well-being of the people : beyond that line every...illegal ; it threatens tyranny to the people, and deftruction to the ftate. Power without right is the moft odious and deteftable obje£t that can be... | |
| John Almon - 1793 - 542 pągines
...well-being of the peo« pfe :' «F THE EARL OF CHATHAM. 4 ple : beyond that line every exertion of 1 power is arbitrary, is illegal ; it threatens ' tyranny to the people, and deftruction to c the flate. Power without right is the rnoft 'odious and deteftable object that can.be... | |
| John Almon - 1797 - 440 pągines
...and legal authority. Within the bounds prefcribed by the Conflitution, that authority is neceffary to the .well-being of the people : beyond that line every...is illegal; it threatens tyranny to the people, and deftru6lion to the flate. Power without right is the moft odious and deteftable objeft that can be... | |
| charles mayo, l.l.b. - 1804 - 570 pągines
...that authority is neces" sary to the well-being of the people: beyond that line every exertion 177O " of power is arbitrary, is illegal; it threatens tyranny to the people and ~~v~ " destruction to the state."—Such were the different lights in which the conduct of the two... | |
| Caleb Bingham - 1807 - 312 pągines
...and legal authority. Within ti.: bounds prescribed by the constitution, that author: is necessary to the well-being of the people : beyond that line, every...destruction to the State. Power without right is the me-' odious and detestable object that can be offered to thf human imagination : it is not only pernicious... | |
| Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 518 pągines
...authority. Within the bounds prescribed by the constitution, that authority is necessary to the well being of the people : beyond that line every exertion of...are subject to it, but tends to its own destruction. It is what my noble friend * has truly described it : Res detestabilis et caduca. My lords, I acknowledge... | |
| Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 512 pągines
...authority. Within the bounds prescribed by the constitution, that authority is necessary to the well being of the people : beyond that line every exertion of...are subject to it, but tends to its own destruction. It is what my noble friend * has truly described it : Res detestabilis et caduca. My lords, I acknowledge... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1809 - 608 pągines
...authority. Within the bounds prescribed by the constitution, that authority is necessary to the well being of the people ; beyond that line every exertion of...are subject to it, but tends to its own destruction. It is what my noble friend (lord Lyttleton) has truly described it, res detestabilis et caduca. My... | |
| John Almon - 1810 - 380 pągines
...and legal authority. Within the bounds prescribed by the Constitution, that authority is necessary to the well-being of the people: beyond that line every...are subject to it, but tends to its own destruction. It is what my noble friend (Lord Lyttleton} has truly described it, Res detestabilis et caduca. My... | |
| John Adolphus - 1810 - 538 pągines
...attributed to any other branch of the legiflature. Power without right is the moft odious and deteftable object that can be offered to the human imagination : it is not only pernicious to thofe who are fubject to it, but tends to its own deftruction. It is what Littleton has truly defcribed... | |
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