 | Moorhead Kennedy, Ralph Gordon Hoxie, Brenda Repland - 332 lehte
...argued that the representative must not simply amplify the views of the current electorate saying, "your representative owes you, not his industry only,...instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion."13 This style of heroic presidential leadership suggests that presidents may more successfully... | |
 | Lawrence R. Jacobs, Robert Y. Shapiro - 2000 - 456 lehte
...1987). 1 "Your representative owes you," Edmund Burke announced to the electors of Bristol in 1774, "his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion." The core dilemma of representative democracy, Burke and others have claimed, is to generate strong... | |
 | Lawrence D. Longley, Reuven Y. Hazan - 2000 - 356 lehte
...sacrifice to you, to any man. ... Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgement; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion." These two competing ideals exist in many, if not most, legislative systems, yet it is not these alone... | |
 | F. R. Ankersmit - 2002 - 284 lehte
...sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any set of living men. These he does not derive from your pleasure, — nor from the law and the Constitution. They are a...serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. ... To deliver an opinion is the right of all men; that of constituents is a weighty and respectable... | |
 | F. R. Ankersmit - 2001 - 340 lehte
...sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any set of living men. These he does not derive from your pleasure, — nor from the law and the Constitution. They are a...instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.20 It is made admirably clear in this eloquent statement that the identity of represented and... | |
 | David K. Ryden - 2002 - 388 lehte
...NOTE 1. llGStat. 81 (2002). • • • l • • • The Judicial Search for Electoral Representation Your representative owes you, not his industry only,...of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion. — Edmund Burke, Speech to the Electors of Bristol (1774) In a democratic society like ours, relief... | |
 | John O. Whitney, Tina Packer - 2002 - 321 lehte
...government or business had read, understood, and had the courage to act on Edmund Burke 's advice: "Your representative owes you not his industry only,...instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion."2 Perhaps Burke was advised by Coriolanus, who, flawed as he was, knew some tenets of leadership.... | |
 | Mads Qvortrup, Matt Qvortrup - 2002 - 200 lehte
...Burke had told his electors 'Your representative owes you not his industry alone but his judgement; and he betrays, instead of serving, you if he sacrifices it to your opinion'.13 This description is no longer accurate. Moreover, it is questionable if this elitist conception... | |
 | David T. Koyzis - 2009 - 290 lehte
...sacrifice to you; to any man, or to any set of men living. These he does not derive from your pleasure. They are a trust from Providence, for the abuse of...serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. In Burke 's conception the representative is more than a mere coach-driver. She is a leader who has... | |
 | Nicola Lacey, Celia Wells, Oliver Quick - 2003 - 914 lehte
...One of these was Edward Heath, who quoted Edmund Bruce on the duty of a representative of the people: 'Your representative owes you, not his industry only,...serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.' ... It is possible to hold that in a democracy the laws should reflect the views of the majority right... | |
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But his unbiassed opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any set of men living. These he does not derive from your pleasure; no, nor from the law and the Constitution. They are a trust... 
