 I question whether democratic institutions could long be maintained ; and I cannot ' believe that a republic could subsist at the present time, if the influence of lawyers in public business did not increase in proportion to the power of the people.  Transactions - Page 8by Maryland State Bar Association - 1911Full view - About this book
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...democratic institutions could long be maintained ; and 1 cannot believe that a republic could exist at the present time if the influence of lawyers in...increase in proportion to the power of the people." — (Vol. If., pp. 180 — 1.) It may indeed be doubted, whether this supposititious aristocratic influence,... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - Democracy - 1839 - 714 pages
...the democratic principle, I question whether democratic institutions could long be maintained ; and I cannot ' believe that a republic could subsist at...increase in proportion to the power of the people. This aristocratic character, which I hold to be common to the legal profession, is much more distinctly... | |
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...the democratic principle, I question whether democratic institutions could long be maintained ; and I cannot believe that a republic could subsist at the...increase in proportion to the power of the people :" — a slender hope for republican institutions. The position which the senate occupies in the American... | |
 | Peter Freeland Aiken - Constitutional law - 1842 - 208 pages
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 | Samuel Owen - Law - 1847 - 490 pages
...usually belongs to them, their general spirit will be eminently conservative," &c. And again he says, " I cannot believe that a Republic could subsist at the...did not increase in proportion to the power of the people."t Some, perhaps, may deny this salutary influence to the legal profession, or even dislike... | |
 | 1847 - 784 pages
...conservative," &c. And again he says, " I cannot believe that a Republic could subsist at the present lime, if the influence of lawyers in public business did not increase in proportion to Uie power of the people."! ğ HeaĞeğ the terms "Aristocratic" an.l " Dctnorr.itii1," in tiwir generic,... | |
 | 1847 - 814 pages
...conservative," &c. And again he says, " I cannot believe that a Republic could subsist at the present lime, if the influence of lawyers in public business did not increase in proportion lo the power of the people. "f * Ho uses the terms " Aristocratic" an:I " Democratic," in their generic,... | |
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...the democratic principle, I question whether democratic institutions could long be maintained ; and I cannot believe that a republic could subsist at the...increase in proportion to the power of the people. This aristocratic character, which I hold to be common to the legal profession, is much more distinctly... | |
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...the democratic principle, I question whether democratic institutions could long be maintained ; and I cannot believe that a republic could subsist at the...increase in proportion to the power of the people. This aristocratic character, which I hold to be common to the legal profession, is much more distinctly... | |
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...the democratic principle, I question whether democratic institutions could long be maintained ; and I cannot believe that a republic could subsist at the...increase in proportion to the power of the people. This aristocratic character, which I hold to be common to the legal profession, is much more distinctly... | |
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