| 1870 - 694 lehte
...Thoughts on the Came of the Present Discontentt,\iaB a defence, or rather an encomium, of party. " Party is a body of men united for promoting by their joint endeavors the national interest, upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed. For my... | |
| Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart - 1872 - 598 lehte
...take our departure from Burke's well-known definition. " Party," says the great philosophic statesman, "is a body of men united for promoting, by their joint endeavours, the national interest, upon some principle in which they are all agreed." Party, in this sense of the word, is something every one can... | |
| Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart - 1872 - 618 lehte
...scarcely call this, however, a good thing per se. What becomes then of Burke's definition of party as " a body of men united for promoting by their joint endeavours the national interest upon some principle in which they are all agreed ?" Is it of no application at all in our day? Certainly; as... | |
| 1872 - 606 lehte
...Constitution, the hasis of party. The basis of party is opinion, or according to Burke's definition, ' Party is a body ' of men united for promoting by their joint endeavours the na' tional interest upon some particular principle in which they ' are all agreed.' A faction, on the... | |
| William Harrison Ainsworth - 1872 - 508 lehte
...ATTACHMENTS. THE morality of party attachments deserves an attempt at definition. " A party," says Burke, " a body of men united for promoting by their joint endeavours the national interests upon some particular principles upon which they are agreed." But if a member of a party has... | |
| Forrest Fulton - 1875 - 340 lehte
...report to the house. The government of England is known as a government by what is called " party." Party is a body of men united for promoting, by their joint endeavours, the national interests upon some particular system upon which they are all agreed. When national are sacrificed... | |
| Hendrik Du Marchie van Voorthuysen - 1876 - 196 lehte
...door een algemeen bekend staatsman reeds zoo uitstekend is in het licht gesteld. »Party," zegt Burke, »is a body of men united , for promoting by their...joint endeavours the national interest, upon .some pa4'ticular principle in which they are all agreed. For my part, I find it impossible to conceive,... | |
| 1889 - 1088 lehte
...underlie the theory of our unwritten constitution. MARLBOROUGH. THE NEW NATIONAL PARTY. Party is & body of men united for promoting by their joint endeavours the national interest upon some principle in which they are all agreed. — Burke. THE discussion which has been raised during the... | |
| 1877 - 822 lehte
...the Cause of the Present Discontent," has given at once his definition and his defense of party : " Party is a body of men united for promoting by their joint endeavors the national interest upon some particular principle in- which they arc? nil agreed. For... | |
| Alexander Charles Ewald - 1884 - 668 lehte
...division of public men. From such doctrine Burke dissented. Party was a necessity. " Party," said Burke, " is a body of men united for promoting by their joint endeavours the national interest upon some paricular principle in which they are all agreed. For my part I find it impossible to conceive that... | |
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