Two Treatises on Civil GovernmentG. Routledge and sons, limited, 1887 - 320 pages |
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... consent upon whose persons they impose the laws , it is no better than mere tyranny . " Laws , said Hooker , are available by consent ; utterly without our consent , we could be at no man's commandment living . In the reign of Charles I ...
... consent upon whose persons they impose the laws , it is no better than mere tyranny . " Laws , said Hooker , are available by consent ; utterly without our consent , we could be at no man's commandment living . In the reign of Charles I ...
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... consent admit it for a truth un- questionable , not so much as once denying or opposing it , whereas if they did but confute this first erroneous principle the whole fabric of this vast engine of popular sedition would drop down of ...
... consent admit it for a truth un- questionable , not so much as once denying or opposing it , whereas if they did but confute this first erroneous principle the whole fabric of this vast engine of popular sedition would drop down of ...
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... consent of the multitude to ordain over themselves a king , or consul , or other magistrates ; and if there be a lawful cause , the multi- tude may change the kingdom into an aristocracy or demo- cracy . " Thus far Bellarmine , in which ...
... consent of the multitude to ordain over themselves a king , or consul , or other magistrates ; and if there be a lawful cause , the multi- tude may change the kingdom into an aristocracy or demo- cracy . " Thus far Bellarmine , in which ...
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... consent in the uniting or conferring of their fatherly right of sovereign authority on whom they please ; and he that is so elected claims not his power as a donative from the people , but as being substituted properly by God , from ...
... consent in the uniting or conferring of their fatherly right of sovereign authority on whom they please ; and he that is so elected claims not his power as a donative from the people , but as being substituted properly by God , from ...
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... consent unto them . 7. As to the point of proxy ; it cannot be showed or proved that all those that have been absent from popular elections , did ever give their voices to some of their fellows . I ask but one example out of the history ...
... consent unto them . 7. As to the point of proxy ; it cannot be showed or proved that all those that have been absent from popular elections , did ever give their voices to some of their fellows . I ask but one example out of the history ...
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