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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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Communicative Rationality and Deliberative Democracy of Jürgen Habermas ...

Ukoro Theophilus Igwe - Philosophy - 2004 - 524 pages
...your opinion.,., Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests; which interests each must maintain, as an agent and...general good, resulting from the general reason of the whole".28 One can argue here that this speech remains, probably, the most famous statement of the case...
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The American Congress: The Building of Democracy

Julian E. Zelizer - Political Science - 2004 - 800 pages
...maintain, as an agent and advocate, against other agents and advocates," Burke declared. Rather, it was "a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole; where, not local purposes, nor local prejudices, ought to guide, but the general good, resulting from the general reason of the...
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Understanding US/UK Government and Politics: A Comparative Guide

Duncan Watts - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2003 - 354 pages
...different and hostile interests . . . which . . . each must maintain, as an agent and advocate . . . Parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole . . . You choose a member indeed; but when you have chosen him, he is not a member for Bristol, but...
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The American Congress: The Building of Democracy

Julian E. Zelizer - Political Science - 2004 - 800 pages
...of its members. "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 " Burke declared. Rather, it was "a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of...
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Political Thinkers: From Aristotle to Marx

John B. Morrall - Philosophy - 2004 - 162 pages
...words that parliament was 'not a congress of ambassadors from hostile and different interests' but 'a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole' in which 'the general good, resulting from the general reason of the people' should prevail. 29 Burke,...
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US Politics Today: Second Edition

Edward Ashbee - History - 2004 - 332 pages
...parliament, he said, could be: 'a Congress of Ambassadors from different and hostile interests, whose interests each must maintain as an agent and advocate, against other agents or advocates [or[ a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole, where...
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Democracy as the Political Empowerment of the People: The Betrayal of an Ideal

Majid Behrouzi - Philosophy - 2005 - 246 pages
...passage is as follows: 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. If the local constituent should have an interest...
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Parliament Today

Michael Rush - Political Science - 2005 - 358 pages
...your opinion ... 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 the Member for Bristol, but he is a Member of Parliament.6 In short, Burke argued that MPs were representatives,...
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An Imaginative Whig: Reassessing the Life and Thought of Edmund Burke

Ian Crowe - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 260 pages
...man in society resides in the common good, as Burke declares when speaking of Parliament: it must be "a deliberative Assembly of one Nation, with one Interest,...general Good, resulting from the general Reason of the whole."71 Burke's moral and political teleology are revealed in his statement on both the end of man...
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Deliberative Demokratie: Normen, Probleme und Institutionalisierungsformen

Thorsten Hüller - Deliberative democracy - 2005 - 364 pages
...1774: „(...) Parliament is a deliberative Assembly o föne Nation, with one Int er es t, t hat oft he whole; where not local Purposes, not local Prejudices...the general Good, resulting from the general Reason ofthe whole. " (Burke l 774/l996: 69). Deshalb seien Repräsentanten auch nicht ihren Wählern gegenüber...
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