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" A just estimate of that love of power and proneness to abuse it which predominates in the human heart is sufficient to satisfy us of the truth of this position. The necessity of reciprocal checks in the exercise of political power, by dividing and distributing... "
The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Army ... - Page 188
by Aaron Bancroft - 1857
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An Essay on Elocution: With Elucidatory Passages from Various Authors. To ...

John Hanbury Dwyer - 1845 - 494 pages
...to abuse it, which predominates in the human heart, is sufficient to satisfy us of the truth of this position. The necessity of reciprocal checks in the...depositories and constituting each' the guardian of the public weal, against invasions by the others, has been evinced by experiments ancient and modern :...
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First Lessons in Civil Government: Including a Comprehensive View of the ...

Andrew White Young - 1846 - 242 pages
...to abuse it, which predominate in the human heart, is sufficient to satisfy us of the truth of this position. The necessity of reciprocal checks in the...depositories, and constituting each the guardian of the public weal against invasions by the others, has been evinced by experiments, ancient and modern; some...
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The Probe: Or, One Hundred and Two Essays on the Nature of Men and Things

Levi Carroll Judson - 1846 - 334 pages
...to abuse it, which predominates in the human heart, is sufficient to satisfy us of the truth of this position. The necessity of reciprocal checks, in the...depositories, and constituting each the guardian of public weal against invasions by the others, has been evinced by experiments ancient and modern ; some...
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Pictorial Life of George Washington: Embracing a Complete History of the ...

John Frost - 1847 - 604 pages
...to abuse it which predominate in the human heart, is sufficient to satisfy us of the truth of this position. The necessity of reciprocal checks in the...depositories, and constituting each the guardian of the public weal against invasions of the others, has been evinced by experiments ancient and modern : some...
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The True Republican: Containing the Inaugural Addresses, Together with the ...

Jonathan French - 1847 - 506 pages
...abuse it, which predominate in the liuiuan heart, is sufficient to satisfy us of the truth of this position. The necessity of reciprocal checks in the...exercise of political power, by dividing and distributing into different depositories, and constituting each the guardian of the public4v.eul against invasions...
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Statistical View of the Executive and Legislative Department of the ...

Alexis Poole - 1847 - 516 pages
...to abuse it, which predominates in the human heart, is sufficient to satisfy us of the truth of this position. The necessity of reciprocal checks in the...exercise of political power, by dividing and distributing into different depositories, and constituting each the guardian of the public weal against invasions...
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Lives of the Heroes of the American Revolution ... Also Embracing the ...

John Frost - 1848 - 426 pages
...to abuse it, which predominates in the human heart, is sufficient to satisfy us of the truth of this position. The necessity of reciprocal checks in the...depositories, and constituting each the guardian of the public weal against invasions of the other, has been evinced by experiments, ancient and modern; some...
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The Moral Probe: Or One Hundred and Two Common Sense Essays on the Nature of ...

Levi Carroll Judson - 1848 - 364 pages
...to abuse it, which predominates in the human heart, is sufficient to satisfy us of the truth of this position. The necessity of reciprocal checks, in the...depositories, and constituting each the guardian of public weal against invasions by the others, has been evinced by experiments ancient and modern ; some...
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The Life of George Washington ....

Aaron Bancroft - 1848 - 472 pages
...to abuBe it, which predominate in the human heart, is sufficient to satisfy ua of the truth of this position. The necessity of reciprocal checks in the...different depositories, and constituting each the guardian oi'the publick weal against invasions by the others, has been evinced by experiments ancient and modern...
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The Lives of the Presidents of the United States: Embracing a Brief History ...

Benson John Lossing - 1848 - 146 pages
...to abuse it, which predominates in the human heart, is sufficient to satisfy us of the truth of this position. The necessity of reciprocal checks in the...power, by dividing and distributing it into different depositaries, and constituting each the guardian of public weal against invasions by the others, has...
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