The laws reach but a very little way. Constitute government how you please^ infinitely the greater part of it must depend upon the exercise of the powers which are left at large to the prudence and uprightness of ministers of state. Lord Elgin - Page 265by John George Bourinot - 1905 - 276 pagesFull view - About this book
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| Edmund Burke - 1804 - 228 pages
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| Edmund Burke - 1804 - 244 pages
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| Edmund Burke - 1806 - 520 pages
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| Edmond Burke - 1815 - 240 pages
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| Edmund Burke - 1766 - 458 pages
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| Joseph Tinker Buckingham, Edwin Buckingham, Samuel Gridley Howe, John Osborne Sargent, Park Benjamin - 1834 - 542 pages
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| Edmund Burke - 1834 - 744 pages
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| Edmund Burke - 1835 - 652 pages
...the prudence and uprightness of ministers of state. Even all the nse and potency of the .aws depends xigencies" This is plain speaking ; after this, it is no wonder that the rajah's wealth and his constitution. It is possible, that tbrough negligence, or ignorance, or design artfully conducted,... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1837 - 744 pages
...the prudence and uprightness of ministers of state. Even all the use and potency of the laws depends constitution. It is possible that through negligence, or ignorance, or design artfully conducted, ministers... | |
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