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... representative . The meaning of representative government is that the whole people , or some numerous portion of them , exercise through depu- ties periodically elected by themselves , the ultimate controlling power , which , in every ...
... representative . The meaning of representative government is that the whole people , or some numerous portion of them , exercise through depu- ties periodically elected by themselves , the ultimate controlling power , which , in every ...
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... representative government in itself . When a people have no sufficient value for , and attachment to , a representative constitution , they have next to no chance of retaining it . Representative institutions necessarily depend for ...
... representative government in itself . When a people have no sufficient value for , and attachment to , a representative constitution , they have next to no chance of retaining it . Representative institutions necessarily depend for ...
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... representative government that the prac- tical supremacy in the state should reside in the representatives of the people , it is an open question what actual functions shall be directly and personally discharged by the representative ...
... representative government that the prac- tical supremacy in the state should reside in the representatives of the people , it is an open question what actual functions shall be directly and personally discharged by the representative ...
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