 Hamilton : All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and well born ; the other, the mass of the people. . . . The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give, therefore, to the...  New Outlook - 第 181 頁1902完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | Homer Carey Hockett - 1925 - 438 頁
...set forth his political philosophy in a speech in the Constitutional Convention, in which he said: "All communities divide themselves into the few and...and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. . . . The British Government was the best in the world." Hamilton and his followers derived their creed... | |
 | Jesse Lee Bennett - 1925 - 332 頁
...correct—it is a common misfortune, that awaits our state constitution, as well as all others. . . . All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and well-born, the other the mass of the people. The voice of the people has been said to be the voice... | |
 | Jerry Fresia, Gerald John Fresia - 1988 - 251 頁
...deserves to be quoted at length because it represents what was then a very common attitude among elites: All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and well bom, the other the mass of the people. The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God;... | |
 | Sara M. Evans, Harry C. Boyte - 1992 - 228 頁
...communities divide themselves into the few and the many," wrote Hamilton. "The first are rich and well-born, the other the mass of the people. The people are turbulent...judge or determine right. Give, therefore, to the first class a distinct, permanent share in government." Such views led Hamilton to distinguish carefully... | |
 | Anthony Arblaster - 1994 - 117 頁
...share, but would not be able to outweigh or vote away the interests of the propertied and the wealthy. ‘All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and well-born, the other the mass of the people', Hamilton was reported as saying at the Federal Convention... | |
 | 1917
...statesman, Alexander Hamilton, said in the convention that framed the constitution of the United States: "All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and the well-born, the other the mass of the people. " I think we have in that laconic statement more information... | |
 | William Quirk, R. Randall Bridwell - 1995 - 143 頁
...voice of God; and however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom...judge or determine right. Give therefore to the [rich] a distinct, permanent share in the government. They will check the unsteadiness of the second. . .... | |
 | Paul F. Boller - 1995 - 278 頁
...one point, “and however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true in fact. The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right.” Hamilton told his colleagues it was foolish to think that a “democratic assembly” would “pursue... | |
 | Deborah R. Geis, Steven F. Kruger - 1997 - 306 頁
...toward democracy, for example, strongly influenced the Constitutional Convention. Hamilton argued that all communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and well-born, the other the mass of the people. The voice of the people has been said to be the voice... | |
 | Charles Austin Beard - 1969 - 330 頁
...Commons." 1 Doubtless his maturely considered system of government was summed up in the following words : "All communities divide themselves into the few and...and well born, the other the mass of the people. The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God ; and however generally this maxim has been... | |
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