 | 1767 - 542 sidor
...his reprefentatives. la A free flate, every man, who is fuppofed a free agent, ought to be, in fofne meafure, his own governor ; and therefore a branch at leaft of the legiflative p jwer fhould refide in the whole body of the people. In fo large a ftate as ours, it is very wifely... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1771 - 506 sidor
...reprefentativcs. In a free flaee, every man, who is fuppoled a free ngent, ought to be, in fomo meafurc, his own governor ; and therefore a branch at leaft of the legiflative power fhould reudc in tliL whole boJy of the people. And this power, when the tcrrirorics of the Ihuc arc fmall... | |
 | Sir James Monk - 1789 - 192 sidor
...parties, * As in a free fta'e, every man who is fuppofed a free agent, ought to be his own governor ; fo the legiflative power fhould refide in the whole body of the people. But fince this is impoffible in large fbtes, and in fmall ones is fubjeft to many inconveniences, it... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - 1791 - 518 sidor
...parliament, either perfonaily, or by his reprefentatives. In a free ftate every man, who is fuppofed a free agent, ought to be in fome meafure his own governor ; and therefore a branch at leaft of the legiilative power fhouid refide in the whole bcdy of the people. And this power, when the territories... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - 1791 - 516 sidor
...reprefentatives. In a free ftate every man, who is fuppofed a free agent, ought to be in fome meafure hi» own governor ; and therefore a branch at leaft of the legiflative power {hould refide in the whole body of the people. And this power, when the territories of the ftate are... | |
 | Benjamin Flower - 1792 - 476 sidor
...parliament, either perfonally, or by his re" prefentative. In a free ftate, every man who " is fuppofed a free agent, ought to be, in fome " meafure, his...therefore a " branch at leaft of the legiflative power mould " refide in the WHOLE BODY of the people : «' and this power, when the territories of the "... | |
 | Jasper Adams, John Adams - 1793 - 358 sidor
...to feven years, has been confidered in the fame light. In a free (late, every man, who is fuppbfed a free agent, ought to be, in fome meafure, his own governor ; and therefore, a branch at leait of the legislative power fhould reiide in the whole body of the people. In fo large a ftate as... | |
 | Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - 1793 - 412 sidor
...defpotical. As in a free ftate, every man who is fuppofed a free agent, ought to be his own governor; fo the legiflative power fhould refide in the whole body of the people. But fince this is impoffible in large ftates, and in fmall ones is fubjeft to many inconvenicncies;... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1793 - 686 sidor
...reprefentatives. In a free ftate every man, who is fuppofed a free agent, ought to be in fome meafure hit own governor; and therefore a branch at leaft of the legiflative power Ihould refide in the whole body of the people. Ami this power, when the territories of the flate are... | |
 | John Adams - 1797 - 448 sidor
...1 , As, in a free ftate, every man who is fuppofed a free agent, ought to be his own governor ; fo the legiflative power fhould refide in the whole body of the people. But fince this is impoffible in large ftates, and in fmall ones is fubject to many inconveniencies... | |
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... in the whole body of the people. And this power, when the territories of the... 
