In England the practice of "virtual" representation provided reasonably well for the actual representation of the major interests of the society, and it raised no widespread objection.
The classics of the ancient world are everywhere in the literature of the Revolution, but thet are everywhere illustrative, not determinative, of tho… - Bernard Bailyn
The classics of the ancient world are everywhere in the literature of the Revolution, but thet are everywhere illustrative, not determinative, of tho…
- Bernard Bailyn
The most powerful presentations were based on legal precedents, especially Calvin's Case (1608), which, it was claimed, proved on the authority of Co… - Bernard Bailyn
The most powerful presentations were based on legal precedents, especially Calvin's Case (1608), which, it was claimed, proved on the authority of Co…
Incorporating in their colorful, slashing, superbly readable pages, the major themes of the "left" opposition under Walpole, these libertarian tracts… - Bernard Bailyn
Incorporating in their colorful, slashing, superbly readable pages, the major themes of the "left" opposition under Walpole, these libertarian tracts…
The categories within which the colonists thought about the social foundations of politics were inheritances from classical antiquity, reshaped by se… - Bernard Bailyn
The categories within which the colonists thought about the social foundations of politics were inheritances from classical antiquity, reshaped by se…
Everyone knew that democracy - direct rule by all the people - required such spartan, soul-denying virtue on the part of all the people that it was l… - Bernard Bailyn
Everyone knew that democracy - direct rule by all the people - required such spartan, soul-denying virtue on the part of all the people that it was l…
Whatever deficiencies the leaders of the American Revolution may have had, reticence, fortunately, was not one of them. - Bernard Bailyn
Whatever deficiencies the leaders of the American Revolution may have had, reticence, fortunately, was not one of them.
Instantly available without continuous presence is probably the best role a mother can play. - Bernard Bailyn
Instantly available without continuous presence is probably the best role a mother can play.
That by 1774 the final crisis of the constitution, brought on by political and social corruption, had been reached was, to most informed colonists, e… - Bernard Bailyn
That by 1774 the final crisis of the constitution, brought on by political and social corruption, had been reached was, to most informed colonists, e…
The primary function of a constitution was to mark out the boundaries of governmental powers-hence in England, where there was no constitution , ther… - Bernard Bailyn
The primary function of a constitution was to mark out the boundaries of governmental powers-hence in England, where there was no constitution , ther…
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