Government by All the People; Or: The Initiative, the Referendum, and the Recall as Instruments of DemocracyMacmillan, 1912 - 324 pages |
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... fact . Even Athens had executive officials and the New England town has its board of selectmen . Certain functions of govern- ment were always delegated to chosen men . The extreme complexity of modern social and industrial conditions ...
... fact . Even Athens had executive officials and the New England town has its board of selectmen . Certain functions of govern- ment were always delegated to chosen men . The extreme complexity of modern social and industrial conditions ...
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... fact , the fate of important legislation is often determined , not by the opinions of the majority of the legislators , but rather by the skill of the leaders of the assembly in manipulating the parliamentary procedure at critical times ...
... fact , the fate of important legislation is often determined , not by the opinions of the majority of the legislators , but rather by the skill of the leaders of the assembly in manipulating the parliamentary procedure at critical times ...
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... fact remains that every member of an assembly has the right of initiative . He can make a motion and in one form or another force the assembly either to take action or to refuse to take action on it . True , in many assemblies a motion ...
... fact remains that every member of an assembly has the right of initiative . He can make a motion and in one form or another force the assembly either to take action or to refuse to take action on it . True , in many assemblies a motion ...
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... fact , it is especially important that they should do so in such matters as the discouragement of local and special legislation , where the people as a whole are manifestly even more incompetent to pass upon proposals intelligently than ...
... fact , it is especially important that they should do so in such matters as the discouragement of local and special legislation , where the people as a whole are manifestly even more incompetent to pass upon proposals intelligently than ...
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... fact in the advertising business that an advertisement inserted only once in a newspaper or magazine or posted for only one day on a billboard will seldom bring enough returns to justify its expense . A matter must be kept in the public ...
... fact in the advertising business that an advertisement inserted only once in a newspaper or magazine or posted for only one day on a billboard will seldom bring enough returns to justify its expense . A matter must be kept in the public ...
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Page 221 - Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea!
Page 318 - ... and that each signature to the paper appended is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be. Within ten days from the date of filing such petition the city clerk shall examine and from the voters...
Page 54 - That principle is that the sole end for which mankind are warranted individually or collectively in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number is self-protection ; that the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community against his will is to prevent harm to others.
Page 317 - Any initiative or referendum petition may be presented in sections, but each section shall contain a. full and correct copy of the title, and text of the proposed measure.
Page 52 - people" who exercise the power are not always the same people with those over whom it is exercised; and the "self-government" spoken of is not the government of each by himself, but of each by all the rest. The will of the people, moreover, practically means the will of the most numerous or the most active part of the people; the majority, or those who succeed in making themselves accepted as the majority; the people...
Page 316 - ... be submitted to the electors of the state for their approval or rejection, the secretary of state shall submit to the electors of the state for their approval or rejection such...
Page 70 - If I were asked where I place the American aristocracy, I should reply without hesitation that it is not composed of the rich, who are united by no common tie, but that it occupies the judicial bench and the bar.
Page 315 - ... to the people for approval or rejection at the next ensuing general election. The legislature may reject any measure so proposed by initiative petition and propose a different...
Page 136 - ... no measure creating or abolishing any office or changing the salary, term or duties of any officer, or granting any franchise or special privilege, or creating any vested right or interest, shall be construed to be an urgency measure.
Page 51 - The notion that the people have no need to limit their power over themselves, might seem axiomatic when popular government was a thing only dreamed about, or read of as having existed at some distant period of the past.