Woodrow Wilson: An InterpretationLittle, Brown,, 1918 - 291 страница |
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... Constitution that threatened stability and the safety of institutions ; that the country had become dangerously radical and it was his duty to restore the balance and uphold the supremacy of the law . Unfortunately for Mr. Taft's peace ...
... Constitution that threatened stability and the safety of institutions ; that the country had become dangerously radical and it was his duty to restore the balance and uphold the supremacy of the law . Unfortunately for Mr. Taft's peace ...
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... Constitution of the United States and the political history of his country and made a discovery . It is the privilege of youth to make discoveries , to allow their enthusiasm to carry them away , to believe with all the fiery splendor ...
... Constitution of the United States and the political history of his country and made a discovery . It is the privilege of youth to make discoveries , to allow their enthusiasm to carry them away , to believe with all the fiery splendor ...
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... Constitution correctly and understood the purpose of the men who framed it or distorted it to suit his own ideas ... Constitution was at variance with its practical working . Mr. Wilson found that the nicely adjusted theoretical checks ...
... Constitution correctly and understood the purpose of the men who framed it or distorted it to suit his own ideas ... Constitution was at variance with its practical working . Mr. Wilson found that the nicely adjusted theoretical checks ...
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... constitutional monarch who reigned but did not rule . Turning to England he saw there a system which made the Prime Min- ister the responsible executive , who originated and carried out a policy , while in America , in normal times ...
... constitutional monarch who reigned but did not rule . Turning to England he saw there a system which made the Prime Min- ister the responsible executive , who originated and carried out a policy , while in America , in normal times ...
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... constitutional form of government was the prerogative of the ministry . It was not repugnant , in his opinion , to ... Constitution , provided Congress in assuming authority also accepted re- sponsibility ; the power , in short , that ...
... constitutional form of government was the prerogative of the ministry . It was not repugnant , in his opinion , to ... Constitution , provided Congress in assuming authority also accepted re- sponsibility ; the power , in short , that ...
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Страница 236 - There is one choice we cannot make, we are incapable of making — we will not choose the path of submission and suffer the most sacred rights of our nation and our people to be ignored or violated.
Страница 229 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Страница 133 - The United States must be neutral in fact as well as in name during these days that are to try men's souls. We must be impartial in thought as well as in action...
Страница 266 - Woe be to the man or group of men that seeks to stand in our way in this day of high resolution when every principle we hold dearest is to be vindicated and made secure for the salvation of the nations.
Страница 133 - Such divisions among us would be fatal to our peace of mind and might seriously stand in the way of the proper performance of our duty as the one great nation at peace, the one people holding itself ready to play a part of impartial mediation and speak the counsels of peace and accommodation, not as a partisan, but as a friend.
Страница 85 - This is not a day of triumph; it is a day of dedication. Here muster not the forces of party but the forces of humanity.
Страница 237 - ... a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free.
Страница 269 - I have outlined. It is the principle of justice to all peoples and nationalities, and their right to live on equal terms of liberty and safety with one another, whether they be strong or weak.
Страница 260 - The method the German Chancellor proposes is the method of the Congress of Vienna. We cannot and will not return to that. What is at stake now is the peace of the world. What we are striving for is a new international order based upon broad and universal principles of right and justice — no mere peace of shreds and patches.
Страница 224 - I have read many biographies of Lincoln ; I have sought out with the greatest interest the many intimate stories that are told of him, the narratives of nearby friends, the sketches at close quarters, in which those who had the privilege of being associated with him have tried to depict for us the very man himself "in his habit as he lived"; but I have nowhere found a real intimate of Lincoln's.