 | Noah M. Jedidiah Pickus - 2005 - 280 páginas
...rights. " [B]ear in mind this sacred principle," Thomas Jefferson said in his First Inaugural Address, "that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable."7 To ensure this reasonableness, many framers and early legislators focused on the importance... | |
 | Ronald J. Pestritto, Thomas G. West - 2005 - 318 páginas
...explained in his First Inaugural Address, "the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, but that will to be rightful must be reasonable, that...minority possess their equal rights which equal law must protect."4" A government built upon the consent of the governed, operating through majority will and... | |
 | John J. Patrick - 2006 - 113 páginas
...expressed this concept of democracy in 1801 in his First Inaugural Address. He said, All . . . will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the...rights, which equal law must protect and to violate would be oppression. In every genuine democracy today, majority rule is both endorsed and limited by... | |
 | John P. Kaminski - 2005 - 100 páginas
...Federalists." He reminded Federalists and Republicans alike that though the "sacred principle" of majority rule "is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful...rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppressio11." He pleaded with his countrymen to "unite with one heart and one mind" to restore... | |
 | Peter Read, Gary Meyers, Bob Reece - 2006 - 252 páginas
...President, 1975: 291, which articulated 'the creed of our political faith', exemplified this concern: 'Though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be right must be reasonable; that the minority possesses their equal rights, which equal law must protect.'... | |
 | Michael Warren - 2007 - 235 páginas
...inherent tension between republican government and the protection of unalienable rights: "All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the...rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression." In other words, simply because the Constitution was guided by the polestar of... | |
 | Jeremy D. Bailey - 2007 - 275 páginas
...election, as it would require that the majority respect the rights of the minority. "All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the...rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression." In order to be reasonable, the majority must respect the rights of the minority,... | |
 | Matthew S. Holland - 2007 - 340 páginas
...themselves under the will of the law, and unite in common efforts for the common good. All too will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the...the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate would be oppression. Let us then, fellow citizens, unite with one... | |
 | Edward J. Erler, Thomas G. West, John A. Marini - 2007 - 184 páginas
...his First Inaugural Address, Jefferson pointed to the tension within the Declaration by speaking of "this sacred principle, that though the will of the...the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate which would be oppression." Jefferson then went on to praise the... | |
 | George Anastaplo - 2007 - 346 páginas
...themselves under the will of the law, and unite in common efforts for the common good. All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the...be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possesses their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression. Let... | |
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All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect and to violate... 
