| 1836 - 564 pages
...nothing but the majority under arms ; juries are merely committees of the majority appointed to hear judicial cases ; and in certain states even the judges are elected by the majority. However iniquitous, therefore, or unreasonable, be the measures of which you complain, you must submit!'... | |
| Alexis de Tocqueville - 1839 - 714 pages
...majority and remains a passive tool in its hands ; the public troops consist of the majority under arms ; the jury is the majority invested with the right of...States even the judges are elected by the majority. However iniquitous or absurd the evil of which you complain may be, you must submit to it as well as... | |
| Peter Freeland Aiken - 1842 - 208 pages
...soldiers and the militia are a military majority; in trial by jury the same power influences the verdict; and in certain states even the judges are elected by the majority." " I do not say," he continues, "that tyrannical abuses are frequent in America at present, but I affirm... | |
| Alexis de Tocqueville - 1850 - 488 pages
...majority and is a passive tool in its hands ; the public troops consist of the majority under arms ; the jury is the majority invested with the right of...states even the judges are elected by the majority. However iniquitous or absurd the evil of which you complain may be, you must submit to it as well as... | |
| Alexis de Tocqueville - 1851 - 954 pages
...majority and is a passive tool in its hands ; the public troops consist of the majority under arms ; the jury is the majority invested with the right of...states even the judges are elected by the majority. However iniquitous or absurd the evil of which you complain may be, you must submit to it as well as... | |
| New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council - 1853 - 244 pages
...majority, and remains a- passive tool in its hands ; the public troops consist of the majority under arms ; the jury is the majority invested with the right of...states even the judges are elected by the majority. However iniquitous or absurd the evil of which you complain may be, you must submit to it as well as... | |
| New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council - 1853 - 248 pages
...majority, and remains a passive tool in its hands ; the public troops consist of the majority under arms ; the jury is the majority invested with the right of hearing judicial eases : and in certain states even the judges are elected by the majority. However iniquitous or absurd... | |
| Alexis de Tocqueville - 1854 - 492 pages
...majority and is a passive tool in its hands ; the public troops consist of the majority under arms ; the jury is the majority invested with the right of...states even the judges are elected by the majority. However iniquitous or absurd the evil of which you complain may be, you must submit to it as well as... | |
| Alexis de Tocqueville - 1899 - 514 pages
...majority, and remains a passive tool in its hands ; the public troops consist of the majority under arms ; the jury is the majority invested with the right of...States even the judges are elected by the majority. However iniquitous or absurd the evil of which you complain may be, you must submit to it as well as... | |
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