 | Carl Lotus Becker - 1915 - 414 страници
...of his Administration stated more clearly than in a letter written just before his inauguration. " Let the general government be reduced to foreign concerns...few plain duties to be performed by a few servants." The first and most troublesome task of the Administration was to select these few servants. Even in... | |
 | Allen Johnson - 1915 - 422 страници
...of his Administration stated more clearly than in a letter written just before his inauguration. " Let the general government be reduced to foreign concerns...few plain duties to be performed by a few servants." The first and most troublesome task of the Administration was to select these few servants. Even in... | |
 | Edwin Wiley - 1915 - 464 страници
...themselves, and our general government may be reduced to a very simple organization and a very inexpensive one, — a few plain duties to be performed by a few servants."* To Logan he wrote as follows: " Our commerce is so valuable to them, that they will be glad to purchase... | |
 | 1921 - 612 страници
...it, when they know that all we ask is justice. Why, then, should we not reduce our general government to a very simple organization and a very unexpensive...few plain duties to be performed by a few servants? It was precisely the matter of selecting these few servants which worried the President during his... | |
 | Allen Johnson - 1921 - 376 страници
...it, when they know that all we ask is justice. Why, then, should we not reduce our general government to a very simple organization and a very unexpensive...few plain duties to be performed by a few servants? It was precisely the matter of selecting these few servants which worried the President during his... | |
 | Allen Johnson - 1921 - 386 страници
...it, when they know that all we ask is justice. Why, then, should we not reduce our general government to a very simple organization and a very unexpensive...few plain duties to be performed by a few servants? It was precisely the matter of selecting these few servants which worried the President during his... | |
 | Sterling Edwin Edmunds - 1925 - 482 страници
...themselves; and our General Government may be reduced to a very simple organization, and a very inexpensive one; a few plain duties to be performed by a few servants. — Works (Ford ed.), VII, 451. CHAPTER X CITIZENS, SUBJECTS AND NATIONALS The question of citizenship... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations - 1934 - 280 страници
...that the general Government should "be reduced to a very simple organization, and a very inexpensive one; a few plain duties to be performed by a few servants." I imagine Mr. Jefferson would be quite shocked if he could see how our governmental activities have... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations - 1954 - 278 страници
...that the general Government should "be reduced to a very simple organization, and a very inexpensive one; a few plain duties to be performed, by a few servants." I imagine Mr. Jefferson would be quite shocked if he could see how our governmental activities have... | |
 | Dumas Malone - 1962 - 606 страници
...principles to Granger, they called for a very simple and inexpensive organization of the general government: "a few plain duties to be performed by a few servants." But even if the Republicans gained control, such a government would be uneasy if confronted by the opposition... | |
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Let the General Government be reduced to foreign concerns only, and let our affairs be disentangled from those of all other nations, except as to commerce, which the merchants will manage the better, the more they are left free to manage for themselves,... 
