 | United States. Congress - 750 páginas
...mankind. And If we cannot entrust these decisions to the people, then, as Thomas Jefferson once said, "If we think them not enlightened enough to exercise...them but to Inform their discretion by education." OF HON. LEROY JOHNSON OF CALIFORNIA IN THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES Friday, August 20, Í954 Mr. JOHNSON... | |
 | 1908 - 442 páginas
...we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control (of the ultimate powers of society) with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to...but to inform their discretion by education. This is the true corrective of abuses of constitutional power. (Ford X, 161 — 1820.) He did not believe... | |
 | Horace Wiley Philbrook - 1899 - 540 páginas
...place us under the despotism of an oligarchy. * * * I know no safe depository of the ultimate power of the society but the people themselves ; and if...them, but to inform their discretion by education." It must be borne in mind, however, that in Jefferson's time the population of the nation consisted... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1899 - 516 páginas
...from that is quite dangerous enough^] I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the soc1ety but the people themselves ; and if we think them not...but to inform their discretion by education. This is the true corrective of abuses of constitutional power. Pardon me, Sir, for this difference of opinion.... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1900 - 498 páginas
...judges from that is quite dangerous enough. I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of society but the people themselves; and if we think...but to inform their discretion by education. This is the true corrective for abuses of constitutional power. (To ,Mr. Jarvis, 1820. C. VII., 178.) JUDICIARY,... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1905 - 598 páginas
...capacity. The exemption of the judges from that is quite dangerous enough. I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people...but to inform their discretion by education. This is the true corrective of abuses of constitutional power. Pardon me, Sir, for this difference of opinion.... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1905 - 1044 páginas
...capacity. The exemption of the judges from that is quite dangerous enough. I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people...but to inform their discretion by education. This is the true corrective of abuses of constitutional power. Pardon me, Sir, for this difference of opinion.... | |
 | Charles Grenfill Washburn - 1916 - 284 páginas
...office for life, and not responsible, as the other functionaries are, to the elective control. ... I know no safe depositary of the ultimate powers of...them, but to inform their discretion by education. A case illustrating how judges may differ is that of Coppage vs. Kansas, decided by the Supreme Court... | |
 | Charles Grenfill Washburn - 1916 - 282 páginas
...office for life, and not responsible, as the other functionaries are, to the elective control. ... I know no safe depositary of the ultimate powers of...them, but to inform their discretion by education. A case illustrating how judges may differ is that of Coppage vs. Kansas, decided by the Supreme Court... | |
 | Richard Franklin Pettigrew - 1921 - 938 páginas
...capacity. The exemption of the judges from that is quite dangerous enough. I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people...BUT TO INFORM THEIR DISCRETION BY EDUCATION. - THIS IS THE TRUE CORRECTIVE OF ABUSES OF CONSTITUTIONAL POWER. PARDON ME, SIR, FOR THIS DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.... | |
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I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves ; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their... 
