 THOUGH in a constituted commonwealth standing upon its own basis and acting according to its own nature— that is, acting for the preservation of the community, there can be but one supreme power, which is the legislative, to which all the rest are and...  The American Political Science Review - Page 225edited by - 1908Full view - About this book
 | John Locke - 1764 - 438 pages
...power, which is the legijlative, to which all the reft are and muft be fubordinate, yet the legiflative being only a fiduciary power to act for 'certain ends, there remains ftill in the people a fupreme power to remove or alter the legijlati'ue, when they find the legiflative... | |
 | William Belsham - 1796 - 572 pages
...power, which is the legiflative, to which all the reft are and muft be fubordinate ; yet the legiflative being only a FIDUCIARY POWER, to act for certain ends, there remains ftill in the people a fupreme power to remove or alter the legiflative, when they find the legiflative... | |
 | John Dickinson - 1801 - 650 pages
...basis, and acting according to its own nature, that is, acting for the preservation of the community, there can be but one supreme power, which is the legislative,...must be subordinate ; yet the legislative being only s. fiduciary power, to act for certain ends, there remains still in thepeopls, to remove or alter the... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - 1807 - 686 pages
...owned that Mr. Locke h, and other theoretical writers, have held, that " there remains still inherent in the " people a supreme power to remove or alter...they find the legislative act contrary to the trust re" posed in them : for, when such trust is abused, it is thereby " forfeited, and devolves to those... | |
 | 1808 - 542 pages
...Locke that " there can be but one supreme gpwer, to which all the rest are, and must be subservient ; yet the legislative being only a fiduciary power,...still in the people a supreme power to remove or alter he legislative, when they find the legislative act contrary to the trust reposed in them "f Here, then,... | |
 | 1817 - 362 pages
...Mr. Locke, and other theoretical writers on gov«nment, have held, that there remains btill inherent in the people a supreme power to remove or alter the legislative, in case the legislative act contrary to the confidence reposed in them : for when such trust is abused,... | |
 | John Locke - 1821 - 536 pages
...basis, and acting according to its own nature, that is, acting for the preservation of the community, there can be but one supreme power, which is the legislative,...must be subordinate, yet the legislative being only a N, fiduciary power to act for certain endsj there remains still in the people a supreme power to remove... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 290 pages
...basis, and acting according to its own nature, that is, acting for the preservation of the community, there can be but one supreme power, which is the legislative,...ends, there remains still " in the people a supreme powerljto^ "remove or alter the legislative," when they find the legislative act contrary to the trust... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1825 - 572 pages
...owned that Mr. Lockeh, and other theoretical writers, have held, that " there remains still inherent in the •'* people a supreme power to remove or alter...they find the legislative act contrary to the trust re" posed in them : for when such trust is abused, it is thereby " forfeited, and devolves to those... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 660 pages
...owned that Mr. Locke h, and other theoretical writers, have held, that " there remains still inherent in the " people a supreme power to remove or alter...they find the legislative act contrary to the trust re" posed in them : for when such trust is abused, it is thereby. " forfeited, and devolves to those... | |
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