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Page xxvii
... nation to an irresponsible bureaucracy which we see in Prussia . It is only when every member of the community has a voice in the government of the State , only when the ' sovereignty of the people ' is established as a living reality ...
... nation to an irresponsible bureaucracy which we see in Prussia . It is only when every member of the community has a voice in the government of the State , only when the ' sovereignty of the people ' is established as a living reality ...
Page xxxiv
... nations to throw off their chains and reclaim the freedom which is their birthright , it is a shock to find that there are large stretches of the earth from which all hope of a ' good polity ' is for ever banished : in short , that ...
... nations to throw off their chains and reclaim the freedom which is their birthright , it is a shock to find that there are large stretches of the earth from which all hope of a ' good polity ' is for ever banished : in short , that ...
Page xxxv
... nation from within ; with the natural char- acter which does so much to determine the outward course of a nation's history , as well as the form and spirit of its Government ; with the form and spirit of the Government , which , in its ...
... nation from within ; with the natural char- acter which does so much to determine the outward course of a nation's history , as well as the form and spirit of its Government ; with the form and spirit of the Government , which , in its ...
Page xxxvi
... nations are what their Governments make them : warriors , citizens , men , when the ruler so wills it ; populace and rabble when it pleases him . ' So again , in his last writing , he pleads thus with the Poles : In thinking of what you ...
... nations are what their Governments make them : warriors , citizens , men , when the ruler so wills it ; populace and rabble when it pleases him . ' So again , in his last writing , he pleads thus with the Poles : In thinking of what you ...
Page xxxviii
... nation has ever endured , or ever will endure , without religion . If no religion were given to it , it would make one for itself , or speedily perish . ' Such are the opening words of the chapter in the original draft , and they strike ...
... nation has ever endured , or ever will endure , without religion . If no religion were given to it , it would make one for itself , or speedily perish . ' Such are the opening words of the chapter in the original draft , and they strike ...
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