 | Earl John Russell Russell - 1819 - 368 страници
...resistance, not only must the justice of the cause be considered, but also the probability of success. Prudence is, in this instance more perhaps than in...rights. It is sufficient to justify the leaders of an insurrection, that the people should be thoroughly weary of suffering, and disposed to view with... | |
 | Helen Charlotte Foxcroft, George Savile Marquis of Halifax - 1898 - 608 страници
...be neither all in a flame, nor quite cold, requireth more reason than great numbers can ever attain. The people can seldom agree to move together against a «' Government, but they can to sit still and let it be undone. Those that will be martyrs for the people must expect to be repaid... | |
 | Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Sir Stanley Mordaunt Leathes - 1908 - 1042 страници
...usually the cause of its failure ; here it was the reason of its success. " The People," said Halifax, " can seldom agree to move together against a Government, but they can sit still to see it undone." Indeed, though at first cold towards William, the people refused to stir a finger... | |
 | George Savile Marquis of Halifax - 1912 - 302 страници
...be neither all in a Flame, nor quite cold, requireth more Reason than great Numbers can ever attain. The People can seldom agree to move together against a Government, but they can to sit still and let it be undone. Those that will be Martyrs for the People, must expect to be repayed... | |
 | Helen Charlotte Foxcroft - 1946 - 386 страници
...Court. 'The People', as Halifax had shrewdly hinted four years earlier in his Character of a Trimmer, 'can seldom agree to move together against a Government, but they can, to sit still and let it be undone. ' This phrase describes with admirable force the state of public... | |
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The People can seldom agree to move together against a Government, but they can to sit still and let it be undone. 