 | Lewis Perry, Michael Fellman - Literary Criticism - 1981 - 376 pages
...measures." Conceding that the people have a right to change the government, Washington cautioned that "the constitution which at any time exists till changed...every individual to obey the established government." 7 Thus, by conceptual legerdemain, Washington transformed the liberating notion of popular sovereignty... | |
 | Barry Alan Shain - History - 1996 - 422 pages
...constitutions of government." He then warned that "the constitution which at anytime exists, until changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole...the duty of every individual to obey the established government."86 Here, Washington highlighted a fear that by the end of the 18th century many among the... | |
 | Veterans - 1996 - 213 pages
...our country's founders, George Washington, can well be applied to this age and generation: "The basis of our political systems is the right of the people...the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all. Towards the preservation of your Government, and the permanency of your present happy state, it is... | |
 | Matthew Spalding, Patrick J. Garrity - Biography & Autobiography - 1996 - 244 pages
...acquiescence in its measures, are duties enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true Liberty. The basis of our political systems is the right of the people...every Individual to obey the established Government. 17. All obstructions to the execution of the Laws, all combinations and Associations, under whatever... | |
 | Philip Abbott - Biography & Autobiography - 1996 - 302 pages
...present Constitution. Thus the President closes up the revolutionary alternative in his idea of a nation: "The very idea of the power and the right of the people...the duty of every individual to obey the established government."7' The belated president has little difficulty translating Washington's criticism of factions.... | |
 | Richard C. Sinopoli - Political Science - 1996 - 456 pages
...acquiescence in its measures, are duties enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true Liberty. The basis of our political systems is the right of the people...every Individual to obey the established Government. [Text omitted] In all the changes to which you may be invited, remember that time and habit are at... | |
 | Frank P. King - Political Science - 1997 - 260 pages
...he expressed his "debt of gratitude, which I owe to my beloved country."34 He asserted, "The basics of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government."35 He insisted that "Of all the dispositions and habits, which lead to political prosperity,... | |
 | William M. Wiecek - Law - 1998 - 296 pages
...quo of wealth and power: The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and alter their constitutions of government. But the constitution...every individual to obey the established government. 28 Together, the radical and conservative traditions have coexisted as a polarity of American constitutionalism.... | |
 | George Washington - 1998 - 40 pages
...acquiescence in its measures, are duties enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true liberty. The basis of our political systems is the right of the people...government. But the Constitution which at any time exists, until changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all.... | |
 | Bruce Burgett - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 222 pages
...right of the people to make and alter their Constitutions of Government," "But,' the "Address adds, "the Constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of tlie whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and the right of the... | |
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The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government. But the Constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory... 
