 | University of Missouri - 1924 - 84 頁
...inspired by the sentiment expressed by Thomas Jefferson: In questions of power, then, let nothing be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution. The lawyer as I have defined him, wants the newspaper to approve and aggressively support the measures... | |
 | Charles Warren - 1925 - 328 頁
...to which, and no further, our confidence will go. In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution. The liberty of the citizen depends on the enforceable restraints on the citizens' government. Turning... | |
 | Jesse Lee Bennett - 1925 - 374 頁
...to which and no further our confidence may go ; ... in questions of power then let no more be heard of confidence in man but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution. KENTUCKY RESOLUTIONS OF 1799 Resolved, That this Commonwealth considers the Federal Union upon the... | |
 | Frederick Dumont Smith - 1926 - 608 頁
...under our plan of government. "In questions of power, then," wrote Jefferson, "let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution." That is the great American idea. There, in one sentence, we have the complete history of the world's failures... | |
 | Frederick Dumont Smith - 1926 - 598 頁
...great stickler for the rights of the people, said, "In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution." As a matter of fact Congress has attempted at different times to violate many of the fundamental rights... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs - 1980 - 700 頁
...on judicial restraining measures as the only safeguard, Thomas Jefferson's statement seems relevant. "In questions of power, then, let no more be said...from mischief by the chains of the Constitution." And all those bills, including S. 503, would weaken the only part of the Constitution that protects... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1989 - 414 頁
...Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, writer In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the constitution. Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) American president See Hardy on INCONSISTENCY The Consumer Society Conspicuous... | |
 | Richard Ellis, Aaron B. Wildavsky - 1989 - 260 頁
...life." "In questions of power," Jefferson had proclaimed just a few years earlier, "let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution." 11 As long as this idea remained dominant the size and scope of government could not greatly expand,... | |
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In questions of power, then, let no more be said of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution. 
