 The pure idea of democracy, according to its definition, is the government of the whole people by the whole people, equally represented. ' Democracy as commonly conceived and hitherto practised, is the government of the whole people by a mere majority...  Proportional Representation; - Page 127by Charles Rollin Buckalew - 1872 - 320 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1862 - 394 pages
...the * whole people, equally represented. Democracy, as commonly ' conceived and hitherto practised, is the government of the whole ' people by a mere majority of the people, exclusively repre* sented. The former is synonymous with the equality of all ' citizens ; the latter, strangely... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1861 - 354 pages
...by the whole people, equally represented. ' Democracy as commonly conceived and hitherto practised, is the government of the whole people by a mere majority...confounded with it, is a government / of privilege, in favour of the numerical majority, who alone possess practically any voice in the State. This is the... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1861 - 376 pages
...people by the whole people, equally represented. Democracy as commonly conceived and hitherto practised, is the government of the whole people by a mere majority...confounded with it, is a government of privilege, in favour of the numerical majority, who alone possess practically any voice in the State. This is the... | |
 | 1863 - 972 pages
...people, by the whole people equally represented. Democracy, as commonly conceived and hitherto practised, is the government of the whole people by a mere majority...confounded with it, is a government of privilege, in favour of the numerical majority, who alone possess practically any voice in the state In a really... | |
 | Salem Dutcher - 1872 - 180 pages
...people by the whole people, equally represented. Democracy, as commonly received and hitherto practised, is the government of the whole people by a mere majority of the whole people, exclusively represented. The former is synonymous with the equality of all citizens ;... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1875 - 382 pages
...mocracy, as commonly conceived and hitherto prac- \ ticed, is the government of the whole people by aj mere majority of the people exclusively represented....government of privilege in favor of the numerical ma-1 jority, who alone possess practically any voice in the\ state. This is the inevitable consequence... | |
 | Sydney Buxton - 1884 - 240 pages
...government of the whole People, by the whole people equally represented;" whereas the present system is " the government of the whole people by a mere majority of 'the people exclusively represented." 2. — (a) That it is an advantage to the country to taka into its councils every interest, class,... | |
 | Sydney Charles Buxton (1st earl.) - 1885 - 282 pages
...government of the whole People, hy the whole people equally represented ; " whereas the present system is " the government of the whole people by a mere majority of the people exclusively represented." 2. — (») That it is an advantage to the country to take into its councils every interest, class,... | |
 | Edmond Henri Adolphe Scherer - 1891 - 322 pages
...people by the whole people equally represented. Democracy as commonly conceived and hitherto practised is the government of the whole people by a mere majority...former is synonymous with the equality of all citizens; in the second (strangely confounded with it) is a government of privilege in favour of the numerical... | |
 | Sandford Fleming, Canadian Institute, Toronto - 1892 - 188 pages
...people by the whole people, equally represented. Democracy as commonly conceived and hitherto practised, is the government of the whole people by a mere majority...confounded with it, is a government of privilege, in favour of the numerical majority, who alone possess practically any voice in the State. This is the... | |
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