Manual of Political Ethics: Political ethics properC. C. Little and J. Brown, 1839 |
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Pagina 21
... obtain good customs . " It is evident , therefore , that in this point of view every virtuous disposition , morality in all its manifestations is of elementary importance for the well - being of the state . But there are certain virtues ...
... obtain good customs . " It is evident , therefore , that in this point of view every virtuous disposition , morality in all its manifestations is of elementary importance for the well - being of the state . But there are certain virtues ...
Pagina 28
... obtain an advantage or defend rights blind us . I have spoken already of the love of power and the universal feeling of offence at opposition , however loyal . Men , therefore , who enjoy power , of whatever sort , ought never to forget ...
... obtain an advantage or defend rights blind us . I have spoken already of the love of power and the universal feeling of offence at opposition , however loyal . Men , therefore , who enjoy power , of whatever sort , ought never to forget ...
Pagina 40
... obtain , the greater is likewise the effort necessary for its attainment . To break a road over the high Alps , or pave it through morasses , requires greater labor than the laying out of a path over even ground , and the shedding light ...
... obtain , the greater is likewise the effort necessary for its attainment . To break a road over the high Alps , or pave it through morasses , requires greater labor than the laying out of a path over even ground , and the shedding light ...
Pagina 70
... obtain it . Yet it is so important a one for the frail nature of man , and so difficult to become mas- ter of , so necessary to train ourselves in , so that it may grow into a habit , without which we are always exposed to commit many ...
... obtain it . Yet it is so important a one for the frail nature of man , and so difficult to become mas- ter of , so necessary to train ourselves in , so that it may grow into a habit , without which we are always exposed to commit many ...
Pagina 78
... obtaining of a momentary end is more important to them than the great cause of universally diffused veracity , honesty or integrity , whatever name may be given to the same virtue viewed from different points . They should not , however ...
... obtaining of a momentary end is more important to them than the great cause of universally diffused veracity , honesty or integrity , whatever name may be given to the same virtue viewed from different points . They should not , however ...
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Pagina 625 - Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place : for all they that take the sword, shall perish with the sword.
Pagina 389 - Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not. Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr!
Pagina 123 - Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth : but I have called you friends ; for all things that I have heard of my Father, I have made known unto you.
Pagina 451 - He quotes them, as he tells us himself, as witnesses whose conspiring testimony, mightily strengthened and confirmed by their discordance on almost every other subject, is a conclusive proof of the unanimity of the whole human race on the great rules of duty and the fundamental principles of morals.
Pagina 283 - It is an established rule in the exposition of statutes that the intention of the lawgiver is to be deduced from a view of the whole and of every part of a statute taken and compared together.
Pagina 31 - JUSTUM et tenacem propositi virum Non civium ardor prava jubentium, Non vultus instantis tyranni Mente quatit solida, neque Auster, Dux inquieti turbidus Adriae, 5 Nee fulminantis magna manus Jovis : Si fractus illabatur orbis, * Impavidum ferient ruinae.
Pagina 471 - The people shall have the right freely to assemble together, to consult for the common good, to instruct their representatives, and to petition the legislature for redress of grievances.
Pagina 499 - I did not obey your instructions : No. I conformed to the instructions of truth and nature, and maintained your interest, against your opinions, with a constancy that became me.
Pagina 39 - I numbered the efforts it made to accomplish this object. The grain fell sixty-nine times to the ground; but the insect persevered, and the seventieth time it reached the top. This sight gave me courage at the moment, and I never forgot the lesson.
Pagina 280 - It must however be observed, that we are here speaking of laws that are simply and purely penal, where the thing forbidden or enjoined is wholly a matter of indifference, and where the penalty inflicted is an adequate compensation for the civil inconvenience supposed to arise from the offence.