 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1869 - 264 páginas
...upon men, rather than men upon governments. Like clocks, they go from the motion which men give them. Let men be good, and the government cannot be bad. If it be ill, they will cure it. No government could maintain its constitution, however excellent it was, without the preservation of... | |
 | Hendrick Bradley Wright - 1871 - 414 páginas
...Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men " give them, so by them they are ruined too. Where" fore governments rather depend upon men, than men "upon governments. Let men be good, and thegovern" ment cannot be bad ; if it be ill, they will cure it. " But if men be bad, let the government... | |
 | Samuel Mcpherson Janney - 1876 - 190 páginas
...and the people are a party to those laws ; and more than this is tyranny, oligarchy or confusion." "Governments rather depend upon men, than men upon...cure it. But if men be bad, let the government be ever so good, they will endeavor to warp and spoil it to their turn. I know some say : Let us have... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1876 - 622 páginas
...from the motion imparted to them ; they depend on men rather than men on government. Let men be good, the government cannot be bad ; if it be ill, they will cure it." Even with absolute power, an Antonine or an Alfred could not make bricks withont straw, nor the sword... | |
 | 1919 - 418 páginas
...more than this is Tyranny, Oligarchy or Confusion. * * * Governments, like Clocks, go from the motion Men give them, and as Governments are made and moved...are ruined too. Wherefore Governments rather depend on Men, than Men upon Governments. Let Men be good, and the Government cannot be bad; if it be ill,... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1878 - 624 páginas
...from the motion imparted to them ; they depend on men rather than men on government. Let men be good, the government cannot be bad ; if it be ill, they will cure it." Even with absolute power, an Antonine or an Alfred could not make bricks without straw, nor the sword... | |
 | Pennsylvania - 1879 - 650 páginas
...is great or good ; witness the Jewish and Roman states. Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them, and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ru- Preface, ined too. Wherefore governments rather depend upon men, than men upon governments. Let... | |
 | Bernard Janin Sage - 1881 - 656 páginas
...give them : so by them they are mined, too. . . . Let men be good, and the government cannot be bad. But if men be bad, let the government be never so good, they wi41 endeavor to warp and spoil it to their turn. I know some say, let us have good laws, and no matter... | |
 | William Penn - 1882 - 524 páginas
...do well enough ; and story tells us that the best in ill ones can do nothing that is great and good. Wherefore, governments rather depend upon men than...government cannot be bad. If it be ill they will cure it. Bat if men be bad, let the government be never so good, they will endeavor to warp and spoil it to... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1883 - 660 páginas
...from the motion imparted to them ; they depend on men rather than men on government. Let men be good, the government cannot be bad ; if it be ill, they will cure it." Even with absolute power, an Antonine or an Alfred could not make bricks without straw, nor the sword... | |
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Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them ; and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined too. Wherefore governments rather depend upon men, than men upon governments. 
