Writings, Volume 10"The most comprehensive one-volume selection of Jefferson ever published. Contains the "Autobiography," "Notes on the State of Virginia," public and private papers, including the original and revised drafts of the Declaration of Independence, addresses, and 287 letters." -- Publisher's description. |
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Page 245
... executive , and judiciary , result to the legislative body . The concentrating these in the same hands is precisely the definition of despotic government . It will be no alleviation that these powers will be exercised by a plurality of ...
... executive , and judiciary , result to the legislative body . The concentrating these in the same hands is precisely the definition of despotic government . It will be no alleviation that these powers will be exercised by a plurality of ...
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... executive , will probably not be assented to here . When our present government was first established , we had many doubts on this question , and many leanings towards a supreme executive council . It happened that at that time the ...
... executive , will probably not be assented to here . When our present government was first established , we had many doubts on this question , and many leanings towards a supreme executive council . It happened that at that time the ...
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... executive , from which branch most mis- rule was feared , and has flowed , it was a great point gained , by fixing them for life , to make them independent of that executive . But in a government founded on the public will , this ...
... executive , from which branch most mis- rule was feared , and has flowed , it was a great point gained , by fixing them for life , to make them independent of that executive . But in a government founded on the public will , this ...
Contents
A Summary View of the Rights of British America | 10 |
Boundaries of Virginia | 127 |
Rivers | 129 |
Copyright | |
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The Spirit of the Soil: Agriculture and Environmental Ethics Paul B. Thompson No preview available - 1995 |