This is one of those truths which, to a correct and unprejudiced mind, carries its own evidence along with it; and may be obscured, but cannot be made plainer by argument or reasoning. It rests upon axioms as simple as they are universal — the means... Scrap Book on Law and Politics, Men and Times - Page 197by George Robertson - 1855 - 404 pagesFull view - About this book
| Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison - United States - 1894 - 980 pages
...be made plainer by argument or reasoning. It rests upon axioms, as simple as they are universal — the means ought to be proportioned to the end ; the...expected, ought to possess the means by which it is to 1>e attained. Whether there ought to be a Federal Government intrusted with the care of the common... | |
| Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - Law reports, digests, etc - 1895 - 622 pages
...is charged with the duty of providing sttvim.. for the defence of the country ; for a government " from whose agency the attainment of any end is expected ought to possess tilc means by which it is to be attained." The clauses of the Confederate Constitution relating to... | |
| Henry W. Cherouny - Labor - 1900 - 208 pages
...their stock in trade collectively, exactly like partnerships and stock companies. Hamilton says: 8 "The persons from whose agency the attainment of any...possess the means by which it is to be attained." So do the tradeunions want all, the necessary accompaniments of collective bargaining and for union... | |
| Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1901 - 520 pages
...cannot be made plainer, by argument or reasoning. It rests upon axioms as simple as they are universal ; the means ought to be proportioned to the end ; the...attained. Whether there ought to be a federal government intrusted with the care of the common defence is a question in the first instance open for discussion;... | |
| Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1901 - 536 pages
...cannot be made plainer, by argument or reasoning. It rests upon axioms as simple as they are universal ; the means ought to be proportioned to the end ; the...attained. Whether there ought to be a federal government intrusted with the care of the common defence is a question in the first instance open for discussion;... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1901 - 928 pages
...the one which is charged with the duty of providing for the defence of the country ; for a government "from whose agency the attainment of any end is expected,...possess the means by which it is to be attained." The clauses of the Confederate constitution relating to the military power, and its exercise, have... | |
| Henry Jones Ford - Business & Economics - 1910 - 176 pages
...punching and punctuation? Hamilton mentioned as political "axioms as simple .as they are universal," that "the means ought to be proportioned to the end ; the...possess the means by which it is to be attained." 1 Is it not plain that the only means that can accomplish the end expected of the President is that... | |
| Norton Parker Chipman - War crime trials - 1911 - 550 pages
...own evidence along with it, and may be obscured, but cannot be made plainer by argument or reasoning. The means ought to be proportioned to the end, the...possess the means by which it is to be attained." (Federalist, No. 23.) Mr. Madison, in speaking of the impossibility of anticipating the exigencies... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1912 - 1054 pages
...stated in the language of Alexander Hamilton: "It rests upon two axioms, simple as they are universal: the means ought to be proportioned to the end ; the persons from whose agency the attainment of the end is expected, ought to possess the means by which it is attained." On this point, the authority... | |
| Ernest Carroll Moore - Public schools - 1913 - 348 pages
...better qualified teachers are available at the time. WHAT IS NEEDED FOR GOOD SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION " The persons from whose agency the attainment of any...expected, ought to possess the means by which it is attained." The end sought is the best possible education of the children. The Board of Education ought... | |
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