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" A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments, is the only true sovereign of a free people. "
Popular Government: Its Essence, Its Permanence and Its Perils - Page 93
by William Howard Taft - 1913 - 283 pages
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The American Reader: Words That Moved a Nation

Diane Ravitch - Reference - 2000 - 662 pages
...only and prevent renewed secession? Plainly the central idea of secession is the essence of anarchy. A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks...changing easily with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments, is the only true sovereign of a free people. Whoever rejects it does of necessity...
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One Nation...Indivisible?

Sara S. Chapman, Ursula S. Colby - Political Science - 2001 - 266 pages
...important to protect the freedoms of secular government from religion. Chapter 3 The Union Challenged A Majority held in restraint by constitutional checks...changing easily, with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments, is the only true sovereign of a free people. Whoever rejects it, does, of...
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Willmoore Kendall: Maverick of American Conservatives

John Albert Murley, John Alvis - Political Science - 2002 - 310 pages
...Inaugural, addresses the very issue Kendall raises, and one wonders why Kendall nowhere brings it up: A majority, held in restraint by constitutional checks,...changing easily, with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments, is the only true sovereign of a tree people. Whoever rejects it, does of necessity,...
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On the Road to Total War: The American Civil War and the German Wars of ...

Stig Förster, Jorg Nagler - History - 2002 - 724 pages
..."if the minority will not acquiesce," he said, "the majority must, or the government must cease — A majority, held in restraint by constitutional checks...changing easily, with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments, is the only true sovereign of a free people. Whoever rejects it, does, of...
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Democracy--how Direct?: Views from the Founding Era and the Polling Era

Elliott Abrams - Political Science - 2002 - 156 pages
...sovereignty. Lincoln summarized: "Plainly, the central idea of secession, is the essence of anarchy. A majority, held in restraint by constitutional checks,...changing easily, with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments, is the only true sovereign of a free people." Considering unanimity impossible...
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The Lincoln Enigma: The Changing Faces of an American Icon

G. S. Boritt - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 356 pages
...spirit of the Declaration, secession was a violation of the whole idea of constitutional government. "A majority, held in restraint by constitutional checks, and limitations, and always changing, with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments, is the only true sovereign of a free people."...
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Pluralism and Law: Proceedings of the 20th IVR World Congress, Amsterdam ...

International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy. World Congress - Law - 2004 - 224 pages
...(1 993), p.8. 10 Holden (1993), p. 15. 11 Holden (1993), p. 43-44. See also: Bobbio (1987), p. 24. A majority, held in restraint by constitutional checks...changing easily with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments, is the only true sovereign of the people. Unanimity is impossible; the rule...
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Africans in the Americas: Our Journey Throughout the World

Sabas H. Whittaker M. F. a., Sabas Whittaker, M.F.A. - African Americans - 2003 - 367 pages
...only and prevent renewed secession? Plainly the central idea of secession is the essence of anarchy. A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks...changing easily with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments, is the only true sovereign of a free people. Whoever rejects it does of necessity...
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Judicial Nominations, Filibusters, and the Constitution: When a ..., Volume 4

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Property Rights - Law - 2003 - 416 pages
...Lincoln quickly dispatched the argument that government by minority presented a workable proposition: A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks...changing easily with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments, is the only true sovereign of a free people. Whoever rejects it does of necessity...
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My Fellow Americans

Michael Waldman - 363 pages
...only and prevent renewed secession? Plainly the central idea of secession is the essence of anarchy. A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks...changing easily with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments, is the only true sovereign of a free people. Whoever rejects it does of necessity...
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