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" Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests ; which interests each must maintain, as an agent and advocate, against other agents and advocates ; but parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest,... "
The Christian observer [afterw.] The Christian observer and advocate - Page 284
1827
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The Unfinished Revolution: Social Movement Theory and the Gay and Lesbian ...

Stephen M. Engel - History - 2001 - 262 pages
...America) Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests . . . but ... a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest,...purposes, not local prejudices ought to guide, but general good, resulting from the general reason of the whole . . . You choose a member indeed; but...
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Political Representation

F. R. Ankersmit - Political Science - 2002 - 284 pages
...the famous words: Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests, which interests each must maintain, as an agent and...member, indeed; but when you have chosen him, he is not a member of Bristol, but he is a member of Parliament.10 The tie of identity between the represented...
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Democracy as Public Deliberation: New Perspectives

Maurizio Passerin d'Entrèves - Political Science - 2002 - 884 pages
...that: 'Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests . . . but ... a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest,...general good, resulting from the general reason of the whole.'4 In the nineteenth century John Stuart Mill was one of the most well known advocates of 'government...
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The Case Against the Democratic State: An Essay in Cultural Criticism

Gordon Graham - Philosophy - 2002 - 110 pages
...our constitution. Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests; which interests each must maintain, as an agent and...one nation, with one interest, that of the whole. (Burke pp. 28-9 emphasis original) In this famous passage Burke appeals not to the abstractions of...
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Democracy's Midwife: An Education in Deliberation

Jack Crittenden - Education - 2002 - 266 pages
...democracy. At the same time, let us remind George Will that while Edmund Burke averred that Parliament was "a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole,"15 he also concluded that when the people act with deliberation, the multitude "is wise, and...
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Children, Ethics, and Modern Medicine

Richard B. Miller - Medical - 2003 - 324 pages
...ambassadors from different and hostile interests, which interests each must maintain, as an agent or advocate, against other agents and advocates; but...general good, resulting from the general reason of the whole.13 A representative may originate from Bristol, but he or she should make decisions that redound...
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You Call This an Election?: America's Peculiar Democracy

Steven E. Schier - Political Science - 2003 - 186 pages
...Edmund Burke ([1774] 1999), the great English parliamentarian who first espoused this style, put it: "Parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation,...good, resulting from the general reason of the whole" (374). The "refining and enlarging" of public sentiments through deliberation lies at the root of the...
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Edmund Burke of Beaconsfield

Elizabeth R. Lambert - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 228 pages
...living. These . . . Are a trust from Providence, for the abuse of which he is deeply answerable . . . You choose a member, indeed; but when you have chosen him, he is not a member of Bristol, but he is a member of Parliament. 53 In addition, he was constitutionally opposed...
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The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad

Fareed Zakaria - Philosophy - 2003 - 296 pages
...but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion. . . . You choose a member indeed; but when you have chosen him, he is not a member of Bristol, but he is a Member of Parliament."6 In 1956 Senator John Kennedy published a book,...
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Party Politics and Local Government

Colin Copus - Political Science - 2004 - 336 pages
...the representative: Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors with different and hostile interests, which interests, each must maintain, as an agent and...good resulting from the general reason of the whole. 22 Whilst Burke acknowledged that the representative owes the citizen his or her unbiased opinion,...
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