 ... of his own; he soon begins to think that he may be happy, great and glorious, by oppressing his fellow citizens; and that...  Alexander Hamilton - Page 212by Henry Jones Ford - 1920 - 381 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - Jurisprudence - 1823 - 810 pages
...perused the four following chapters. CHAP. XVI. Distinctive Properties of a Republic. IT is natural for a republic to have only a small territory ; otherwise it cannot long subsist. In an extensive republic there are men of large fortunes, and consequently of less moderation ; there... | |
 | Massachusetts. Convention - Constitutional history - 1856 - 474 pages
...myself with quoting only two. The one is the Barou Do Montesquieu, Spirit of Laws, Chap, xvi., Vol. 1. "It is natural to a republic to have only a small territory, otherwise it cannot long subsist. In a large republic there are men of large fortunes, and consequently of less moderation ; there are... | |
 | Paul Leicester Ford - Constitutional history - 1892 - 440 pages
...the science of politics therefrom, as irrefragable as any in Euclid. It is natural, says Montesquieu, to a republic to have only a small territory, otherwise it cannot long subsist : in a large one, there are men of large fortunes, and consequently of less moderation ; there are... | |
 | Paul Leicester Ford - Constitutional history - 1892 - 440 pages
...the science of politics therefrom, as irrefragable as any in Euclid. It is natural, says Montesquieu, to a republic to have only a small territory, otherwise it cannot long subsist : in a large one, there are men of large fortunes, and consequently of less moderation; there are too... | |
 | Paul Leicester Ford - Constitution - 1892 - 444 pages
...the science of politics therefrom, as irrefragable as any in Euclid. It is natural, says Montesquieu, to a republic to have only a small territory, otherwise it cannot long subsist : in a large one, there are men of large fortunes, and consequently of less moderation ; there are... | |
 | University of Pennsylvania. Dept. of History - Europe - 1898 - 464 pages
...considered. DISTINCTIVE PROPERTIES OF GOVERNMENT. Book VIII. Cap. 16-20, passim. It is natural for a republic to have only a small territory ; otherwise it cannot long subsist. In an extensive republic there are men of large fortunes, and consequently of less moderation ; there... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1898 - 564 pages
...Lequieu (8 vols., 1827). THE THREE GREAT FORMS OF GOVERNMENT. I. Of a Republic. — It is natural for a Republic to have only a small territory ; otherwise it cannot long subsist. In an extensive Republic there are men of large fortunes, and, consequently, of less moderation. There... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1903 - 548 pages
...Lequieu (8 vols., 1827). THE THREE GREAT FORMS OF GOVERNMENT. I. Of a Republic. — It is natural for a Republic to have only a small territory ; otherwise it cannot long subsist. In an extensive Republic there are men of large fortunes, and, consequently, of less moderation. There... | |
 | Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - Evolution - 1899 - 472 pages
...perused the four following chapters. 16. — Distinctive Properties of a Republic It is natural for a republic to have only a small territory ; otherwise it cannot long subsist. In an extensive republic there are men of large fortunes, and consequently of less i moderation ; there... | |
 | Merrick Whitcomb - Philosophers - 1899 - 222 pages
...considered. DISTINCTIVE PROPERTIES OF GOVERNMENT. Book VIII. Cap. 16-20, passim. It is natural for a republic to have only a small territory ; otherwise it cannot long subsist. In an extensive republic there are men of large fortunes, and consequently of less moderation ; there... | |
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