The first duty which is at this time imposed upon those who direct our affairs is to educate the democracy ; to warm its faith, if that be possible ; to purify its morals ; to direct its energies ; to substitute a knowledge of business for its inexperience,... Democracy in America - Página xvipor Alexis de Tocqueville - 1838 - 464 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1841 - 662 páginas
...this time imposed upon those who direct our affairs, is to educate the democracy ; to warm its faith, if that be possible ; to purify its morals ; to direct...compliance with the occurrences and the actors of the age." In his second book he seems equally anxious that the nations of Europe should profit by the secret... | |
| Joyce Oldham Appleby - 1996 - 578 páginas
...this time imposed upon those who direct our affairs is to educate the democracy,- to warm its faith, if that be possible,- to purify its morals,- to direct...compliance with the occurrences and the actors of the age. A new science of politics is indispensable to a new world. . . . On one side were wealth, strength,... | |
| Roger Crisp - 1997 - 260 páginas
...of statecraft for its inexperience, and an awareness of its true interest for its blind instincts, to adapt its government to time and place, and to modify it according to men and to conditions. A new science of politics is needed for a new world. (Tocqueville... | |
| David Johnston - 2000 - 280 páginas
...this time imposed upon those who direct our affairs is to educate the democracy; to warm its faith, if that be possible; to purify its morals; to direct...compliance with the occurrences and the actors of the age. A new science of politics is indispensable to a new world. This, however, is what we think of least;... | |
| Alexis de Tocqueville - 2003 - 758 páginas
...this time imposed upon those who direct our affairs is to educate the democracy; to warm its faith, if that be possible; to purify its morals; to direct...compliance with the occurrences and the actors of the age. A new science of politics is indispensable to a new world. This, however, is what we think of least;... | |
| Marinus Richard Ringo Ossewaarde - 2004 - 214 páginas
...statesmanship for its inexperience, and an awareness of its true interest for its blind instincts, to adapt its government to time and place, and to modify it according to men and conditions.2 Hobbes is the founder of the (old) 'science of polities'. In his... | |
| 448 páginas
...time is imposed upon those who direct our own affairs is to educate the democracy, to warm its faith, if that be possible, to purify its morals, to direct its energies. When people got power in France they tried to lessen the powers of the government, instead of instructing... | |
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