 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay - 1882 - 740 страница
...Federalists, that the United States was a Nation. It was not the servant of four and twenty masters, but "the people's Constitution, the people's Government...made by the people ; and answerable to the people." It was not " the creature of State Legislatures;" it was the "independent offspring of the popular... | |
 | 1882 - 828 страница
...vols., 12mo; pp. 728, 942. New York: Harper & Brothers. "No man who believes with Daniel Webster in "the people's government made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people," will be drawn to the Memoirs of Prince Mettcrnich by any cord of admiration for his diplomacy or statesmanship.... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 страница
...angels down. Second Speech on Foot't Baolution, Jan. 26, 1830. The past, at least, is secure. IKd. The people's government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people.1 Jtrid. When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not... | |
 | Arthur Gilman - 1883 - 706 страница
...United States was a nation, the government of which was the independent offspring of the popular will, " made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people." The close of the first term of Jackson was approaching, and the time for the choice of his successor arrived,... | |
 | Arthur Gilman - 1883 - 734 страница
...United States was a nation, the government of which was the independent offspring of the popular will, " made- for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people." of Maine, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee,... | |
 | Francis Wharton - 1884 - 882 страница
...ed., 8. In the sense above given may be explained Mr. Webster's remark on the Foot resolutions: "It is the people's constitution ; the people's government;...made by the people, and answerable to the people." be regarded as convertible with the plebiscite system which was introduced into France by Napoleon... | |
 | Daniel Webster, Edwin Percy Whipple - 1886 - 818 страница
...absurdity (for it seems no less) arises from a misconception as to the origin of this government and its true character. It is, Sir, the people's Constitution,...made by the people, and answerable to the people. The peo17 pie of the United States have declared that this Constitution shall be the supreme law. We must... | |
 | Charles Francis Richardson - 1886 - 568 страница
...This triplicate form was a favorite with Webster, and reappears in some of his other famous dicta : " The people's government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people " ; " One country, one constitution, one destiny" ; " I was born an American ; I live an American ;... | |
 | John Freeman Baker - 1887 - 156 страница
...the people. Upon these two pillars is erected the whole fabric of our freedom."—JOHN QUiNCY ADAMS. "It is, sir, the People's Constitution, the People's...People ; made by the People ; and answerable to the People."—WEBSTER. NEW YORK & LONDON GP PUTNAM'S SONS COPYRIGHT BY JOHN F. BAKER Press of TO ML BAKER... | |
 | Charles Francis Richardson - 1889 - 572 страница
...This triplicate form was a favorite with Webster, and reappears in some of his other famous dicta : " The people's government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people " ; " One country, one constitution, one destiny" ; " I was born an American ; I live an American ;... | |
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It is, sir, the people's constitution, the people's Government; made for the people; made by the people; and answerable to the people. The people of the United States have declared that this constitution shall be the supreme law. We must either admit... 
