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Page 375
... political organizations , and that political organization involves rights and duties of an imperative nature , provides us with the subject matter of our present topic . Our subject is the state . Our problem is the justification of its ...
... political organizations , and that political organization involves rights and duties of an imperative nature , provides us with the subject matter of our present topic . Our subject is the state . Our problem is the justification of its ...
Page 421
... political conservatism . On all hands he saw , or thought he saw , signs that the old regimes of monarchies and aristocracies were weakening be- fore popular demand for democratic politics . Wherever he looked , he detected " factions ...
... political conservatism . On all hands he saw , or thought he saw , signs that the old regimes of monarchies and aristocracies were weakening be- fore popular demand for democratic politics . Wherever he looked , he detected " factions ...
Page 427
... political personality . The phrase the people cannot be identified with a mere voting majority . Such an idea , namely that a voting majority shall be " the people " is a product of late political experience . Men must have learned much ...
... political personality . The phrase the people cannot be identified with a mere voting majority . Such an idea , namely that a voting majority shall be " the people " is a product of late political experience . Men must have learned much ...
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