 Instead of the function of governing, for which it is radically unfit, the proper office of a representative assembly is to watch and control the government : to throw the light of publicity on its acts ; to compel a full exposition and justification...  Representative Government - Page 177by Henry Jones Ford - 1924 - 318 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Stuart Mill - 1861 - 376 pages
...unavoidable, drawbacks which now accompany it in the form of ignorant and ill-considered legislation. Instead of the function of governing, for which it...men who compose the government abuse their trust, or fulfil it in a manner which conflicts with the deliberate sense of the nation, to expel them from office,... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1861 - 354 pages
...justification of all of them which any one considers questionable ; to censure them if found condenmable, and, if the men who compose the government abuse their trust, or fulfil it in a manner which conflicts with the deliberate sense of the nation, to expel them from office,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1862 - 624 pages
...exceeded by their ignorance of legal terms and formulas. According to Mr. Mill, " the proper function of a representative assembly is to watch and control...men who compose the government abuse their trust, or fulfil it in a manner which conflicts with the deliberate sense of the nation, to expel them from office,... | |
 | 1867 - 378 pages
...all of them which any one considers questionable, to censure them if found to merit condemnation ; and if the men who compose the government abuse their trust, or fulfil it in a manner which conflicts with the deliberate sense of the nation, to expel them from office'... | |
 | Pherozeshah Mehta - 1905 - 1002 pages
...which it is radically unfit, but to fulfil its proper function, to watch and control the executive government; to throw the light of publicity on its...found condemnable, and if the men who compose the executive abuse their trust or fulfil it in a manner which conflicts with the deliberate sense of the... | |
 | Ellis Thomas Powell - 1909 - 328 pages
...of publicity on its acts, to compel a full exposition and justification of all of them which anyone considers questionable, to censure them if found condemnable,...men who compose the Government abuse their trust, or deal with it in a manner which conflicts with the deliberate sense of the nation, to expel them from... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1919 - 160 pages
...function of governing, for which it is radically unfit, the proper office of a representative assembly js to watch and control the government: to throw the...men who compose the government abuse their trust, or fulfil it in a manner which conflicts with the deliberate sense of the nation, to expel them from office,... | |
 | Elton Mayo - 1919 - 94 pages
...representative assembly is to watch and control the government; to throw the light 01 publicity on its acts ... to censure them if found condemnable, and if the men who compose the government abuse their trust ... to expel them from office." Later he adds that " talking and discussion " arc the "proper business... | |
 | 1919 - 894 pages
...control the government ; to throw the light of publicity on its acts ; to compel a full explanation and justification of all of them which any one considers...questionable ; to censure them if found condemnable ; to be at once the nation's committee on grievances ; an arena in which not only the opinion of the... | |
 | Frederick Albert Cleveland, Arthur Eugene Buck - 1920 - 452 pages
...control the government ; to throw the light of publicity on its acts; to compel a full explanation and justification of all of them which any one considers...questionable; to censure them if found condemnable; to be at once the nation's committee on grievances; an arena in which not only the opinion of the nation,... | |
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