 | Augustine Birrell - 1923 - 430 pages
...observed that the Crown had too much power. Thereupon Johnson: Sir, I perceive you are a vile Whig. Why all this childish jealousy of the power of the Crown...not bear it. If a sovereign oppresses his people. they will rise and cut off his head. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny that will keep... | |
 | 1885 - 860 pages
...that the crown had too much power. Thereupon Johnson : — Sir, I perceive you are a vile Whig. Why all this childish jealousy of the power of the Crown...not bear it. If a sovereign oppresses his people, they will rise and cut off his head. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny that will keep... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 pages
...The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 10, ed. Andrew A. Lipscomb (1904). letter, Sept. 23, 1800. 4 No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.... There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1998 - 1540 pages
...preserve a balance against the crown.' JOHNSON. 'Sir, I perceive you are a vile Whig. Why all thia childish jealousy of the power of the crown? The crown has not power enough. When I say that all govermnents are alike, I consider that in no govermnent power can be abused long. Mankind will not... | |
 | Jeffrey O'Connell, Thomas E. O'Connell - 2008 - 208 pages
...spirit in the people so as to preserve the balance against the Crown," [Johnson replied] ". . . Why all this childish jealousy of the power of the Crown? The Crown has not power enough." Johnson then goes on to make the statement quoted above. McNAlR, supra note 30 at 85. 101. WAIN, supra... | |
 | Sydney Castle Roberts - 1958 - 192 pages
...spirit in the people, so as to preserve a balance against the crown, Johnson was roused at once: Why all this childish jealousy of the power of the crown...his people to a great degree they will rise and cut off his head. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every... | |
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But, Sir, in the British constitution it is surely of importance to keep up a spirit in the people, so as to preserve a balance against the crown." JOHNSON. "Sir, I perceive you are a vile Whig. — Why all this childish jealousy of the power of the crown?... 
