The March of DemocracyD. C. Heath, 1925 - 214 頁 |
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第 37 頁
... refusing to appropriate any money for carry- ing it into effect . The right of taxing themselves had been an inherent right of all Englishmen since the year 1215 , when the barons forced King John to sign the Great Charter on the plains ...
... refusing to appropriate any money for carry- ing it into effect . The right of taxing themselves had been an inherent right of all Englishmen since the year 1215 , when the barons forced King John to sign the Great Charter on the plains ...
第 45 頁
... refusal of the English America . government to allow the colonists to enjoy these rights that the American Revolution was brought about . In order to understand clearly the causes of the Revolution it is necessary to look far back in ...
... refusal of the English America . government to allow the colonists to enjoy these rights that the American Revolution was brought about . In order to understand clearly the causes of the Revolution it is necessary to look far back in ...
第 48 頁
... refused to grant them a trial . In short , he refused abso- lutely to regard as sacred any of the rights and 48 THE MARCH OF DEMOCRACY.
... refused to grant them a trial . In short , he refused abso- lutely to regard as sacred any of the rights and 48 THE MARCH OF DEMOCRACY.
第 51 頁
... refuse him supplies for carrying on the war in which he had become involved with France , until he had signed the Petition of Right which Parliament had drawn up . In this Bill the king pledged himself to raise no taxes without the ...
... refuse him supplies for carrying on the war in which he had become involved with France , until he had signed the Petition of Right which Parliament had drawn up . In this Bill the king pledged himself to raise no taxes without the ...
第 52 頁
... refusal of King Charles to keep his prom- ises finally resulted in his execution , shows how deeply rooted the principles of personal liberty and freedom of government had become . Another great step in the securing of personal liberty ...
... refusal of King Charles to keep his prom- ises finally resulted in his execution , shows how deeply rooted the principles of personal liberty and freedom of government had become . Another great step in the securing of personal liberty ...
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第 183 頁 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
第 139 頁 - He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation. He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.
第 122 頁 - The Executive not only dispenses the honors, but holds the sword of the community. The legislature not only commands the purse, but prescribes the rules by which the duties and rights of every citizen are to be regulated. The judiciary, on the contrary, has no influence over either the sword or the purse; no direction either of the strength or of the wealth of the society; and can take no active resolution whatever.
第 134 頁 - ... ends aforesaid; and by vertue hearof to enacte, constitute, and frame such just & equall lawes, ordinances, acts, constitutions, & offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meete & convenient for ye generall good of ye Colonie, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
第 192 頁 - The flags should be of approximately equal size. International usage forbids the display of the flag of one nation above that of another nation in time of peace.
第 56 頁 - You talk, my good Sir, of employing influence to appease the present tumults in Massachusetts. I know not where that influence is to be found, or, if attainable, that it would be a proper remedy for the disorders. Influence is not government. Let us have a government by which our lives, liberties, and properties will be secured, or let us know the worst at once.
第 196 頁 - That during the ceremony of hoisting or lowering the flag or when the flag is passing in a parade or in a review, all persons present should face the flag, stand at attention, and salute. Those present in uniform should render the military salute.
第 192 頁 - When displayed over the middle of the street, the Flag should be suspended vertically with the union to the north in an east and west street or to the east in a north and south street.
第 135 頁 - It is on the banks of the Connecticut, under the mighty preaching of Thomas Hooker and in the constitution to which he gave life, if not form, that we draw the first breath of that atmosphere which is now so familiar to us. The birthplace of American democracy is Hartford...
第 134 頁 - Ireland king, defender of ye faith, &c., having undertaken, for ye glorie of God, and advancemente of ye Christian faith, and honour of our king & countrie, a voyage to plant ye first colonie in ye Northerne parts of Virginia, doe by these presents...