 | Henry William Dulcken - 1880 - 858 pages
...and his conscience. " Your representative owes you not his industry only," he bravely said, " but hii ttending on all the ordinances of God : such are " The public worship of God : the min He declared Parliament was not a congress of amiuradora from hostile states with different ^wrests,... | |
 | George Henry Jennings - 1881 - 564 pages
...trust from Providence, for the abuse of which he is deeply answerable. Your representative .owes yon, not his industry only, but his judgment ; and he betrays...of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion. . . Authoritative instructions ; mandates issued, which the member is bound blindly and implicitly... | |
 | Samuel Arthur Bent - 1882 - 638 pages
...occasion, expressed the proper relation between a representative and his constituents, by saying, " Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but...serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion." He remarked half-seriously of a personal relation with the city he represented, " Though I have the... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1882 - 594 pages
...misconception of the nature of representative government. ' Your representative owes you,' he said, ' not his industry only, but his judgment, and he betrays...of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion. . . . Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests. ... It is a... | |
 | 1883 - 836 pages
...enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any set of men living. Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but...serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. " Jly worthy colleague says, his will ought to be subservient to yours. If that be all, the thing is... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1886 - 276 pages
...constitution. They are a trust from Providence, for the abuse of which he is deeply answerable. Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but...serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. To deliver an opinion is the right of all men ; that of constituents is a weighty and respectable opinion... | |
 | Sydney Edward Williams - 1886 - 168 pages
...own judgment, imperative instructions from his constituents. " Your representative," says Burke, " owes you not his industry only, but his judgment,...of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion. . . . Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests. . . It is a... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1886 - 492 pages
...explained the constitutional position of a parliamentary representative : ' He owes you,' he said, ' not his industry only, but his judgment ; and he betrays...of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion ' (ib. 236). His success afforded him great pleasure, and in a cheerful letter, dated 19 Nov., he describes... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1890 - 568 pages
...enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any set of men living. Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but...judgment ; and he betrays instead of serving you, if he sacrifice it to your opinion. ... If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1891 - 264 pages
...constitution. They are a trust from Providence, for the abuse of which he is deeply answerable. Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but...serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. 15 My worthy colleague says, his will ought to be subservient to yours. If that be all, the thing is... | |
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Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. 
