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This exemption from the authority of other courts was, I think, first established in
favour of the five members in the long parliament. It is not to be considered as an
usurpation, for it is implied in the principles of government. If legislative powers ...
This exemption from the authority of other courts was, I think, first established in
favour of the five members in the long parliament. It is not to be considered as an
usurpation, for it is implied in the principles of government. If legislative powers ...
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The first laws had no law to enforce them, the first authority was constituted by
itself. The power exercised by the House of Commons is of this kind, a power
rooted in the principles of government, and branched out by occasional practice ;
a ...
The first laws had no law to enforce them, the first authority was constituted by
itself. The power exercised by the House of Commons is of this kind, a power
rooted in the principles of government, and branched out by occasional practice ;
a ...
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All government supposes subjects, all authority implies obedience. To suppose
in one the right to command what another has the right to refuse, is absurd and
contradictory. A state so constituted must rest for ever in motionless equipoise,
with ...
All government supposes subjects, all authority implies obedience. To suppose
in one the right to command what another has the right to refuse, is absurd and
contradictory. A state so constituted must rest for ever in motionless equipoise,
with ...
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.colony divested of its powers, for reasons of which that authority is the only judge
. In sovereignty there are no gradations. There may be limited royalty, there may
be limited consulship .t fcut there can be no limited government. There must in ...
.colony divested of its powers, for reasons of which that authority is the only judge
. In sovereignty there are no gradations. There may be limited royalty, there may
be limited consulship .t fcut there can be no limited government. There must in ...
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For this reason our more important and opulent colonies see the appearance and
feel the effect of a regular legislature, which in some places has. acted *o long
with unquestioned authority, that it has forgotten whence that authority was ...
For this reason our more important and opulent colonies see the appearance and
feel the effect of a regular legislature, which in some places has. acted *o long
with unquestioned authority, that it has forgotten whence that authority was ...
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