The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations, Volume 6Little, Brown, 1851 - Presidents |
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... hands , every particular man lived safe ? " The direct contrary is true . Every man lived safe , only while the senate remained as a check and balance to the people ; the moment that control was destroyed , no man was safe . While the ...
... hands , every particular man lived safe ? " The direct contrary is true . Every man lived safe , only while the senate remained as a check and balance to the people ; the moment that control was destroyed , no man was safe . While the ...
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... hands of the ambassadors , were no " slender advantages of profit or pleasure , " at a time when the nation was ... hand , nor gave largesses to the people to bribe their affection on the other ; so that , although they were respected ...
... hands of the ambassadors , were no " slender advantages of profit or pleasure , " at a time when the nation was ... hand , nor gave largesses to the people to bribe their affection on the other ; so that , although they were respected ...
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... hands with immense spoils . He now felt himself embarrassed . If he divided the spoils with a sparing hand among the ... hands , and , therefore , he desired NEDHAM . 23.
... hands with immense spoils . He now felt himself embarrassed . If he divided the spoils with a sparing hand among the ... hands , and , therefore , he desired NEDHAM . 23.
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... hands , and , therefore , he desired their directions what to do with the spoils . " The senate were of two opinions : Licinius was for giving notice to all the citizens , that they might go and share in the plunder ; Appius Claudius ...
... hands , and , therefore , he desired their directions what to do with the spoils . " The senate were of two opinions : Licinius was for giving notice to all the citizens , that they might go and share in the plunder ; Appius Claudius ...
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... hands of a senate , balanced only by the tribunes . It is most certainly true , that a standing authority in the hands of one , the few , or the many , has an impetuous propensity to cor- ruption ; and it is to control this tendency ...
... hands of a senate , balanced only by the tribunes . It is most certainly true , that a standing authority in the hands of one , the few , or the many , has an impetuous propensity to cor- ruption ; and it is to control this tendency ...
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Page 268 - Sans check, to good and bad : but when the planets, In evil mixture, to disorder wander. What plagues, and what portents! what mutiny! What raging of the sea! shaking of earth! Commotion in the winds ! frights, changes, horrors, Divert and crack, rend and deracinate The unity and married calm of states Quite from their fixture ! O, when degree is shak'd, Which is the ladder to all high designs, The enterprise is sick.
Page 267 - And posts, like the commandment of a King, Sans check, to good and bad: but when the planets In evil mixture to disorder wander, What plagues, and what portents, what mutiny, What raging of the sea. shaking of earth, Commotion in the winds, frights, changes, horrors, Divert and crack, rend and deracinate The unity and married calm of states Quite from their fixture!
Page 267 - The heavens themselves, the planets, and this centre Observe degree, priority, and place, Insisture, course, proportion, season, form, Office, and custom, in all line of order...
Page 519 - Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell, Aspiring to be angels, men rebel : And who but wishes to invert the laws Of Order, sins against the Eternal Cause.
Page 543 - Curse ye Meroz ; — curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof ; because they came not up to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty."* My second argument is grounded on the example of Christ and his apostles.
Page 201 - If you thus behave yourselves, and so become a terror to evil doers and a praise to them that do well...
Page 170 - The instruction of the people in every kind of knowledge that can be of use to them in the practice of their moral duties as men, citizens, and Christians, and of their political and civil duties as members of society and freemen, ought to be the care of the public, and of all who have any share in the conduct of its affairs, in a manner that never yet has been practiced in any age or nation.
Page 267 - Keeps honour bright : to have done, is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental mockery. Take the instant way ; For honour travels in a strait so narrow, Where one but goes abreast : keep then the path...
Page 268 - Strength should be lord of imbecility, And the rude son should strike his father dead : Force should be right ; or, rather, right and wrong, (Between whose endless jar justice resides,) Should lose their names, and so should justice too. Then...
Page 266 - With well-feign'd gratitude the pension'd band Refund the plunder of the beggar'd land. See ! while he builds, the gaudy vassals come, And crowd with sudden wealth the rising dome The price of boroughs and of souls restore, And raise his treasures higher than before : Now...