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Strana 17
... suppose a possibility of being corrupted by that by which other empires have been corrupted , and assem- blies almost as respectable and venerable as your lordships have been directly or indirectly vitiated . Forty millions of money at ...
... suppose a possibility of being corrupted by that by which other empires have been corrupted , and assem- blies almost as respectable and venerable as your lordships have been directly or indirectly vitiated . Forty millions of money at ...
Strana 70
... suppose a man could be doubtful whether he was present or not : he thinks he was not there ; for that , if he had been there , and acted as interpreter , he could not have forgot it . I think it is pretty nearly as I state it ; if I ...
... suppose a man could be doubtful whether he was present or not : he thinks he was not there ; for that , if he had been there , and acted as interpreter , he could not have forgot it . I think it is pretty nearly as I state it ; if I ...
Strana 101
... suppose for power is an absurdity in idea . Judges are guided and governed by the eternal laws of justice , to which we are all subject . We may bite our chains if we will , but we shall be made to know ourselves , and be taught that ...
... suppose for power is an absurdity in idea . Judges are guided and governed by the eternal laws of justice , to which we are all subject . We may bite our chains if we will , but we shall be made to know ourselves , and be taught that ...
Strana 103
... none ever came before his superiors to claim it ; because , if any such thing could exist , he claims the very power of that sovereign who calls him to account . But suppose a man to come before us , denying WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 103.
... none ever came before his superiors to claim it ; because , if any such thing could exist , he claims the very power of that sovereign who calls him to account . But suppose a man to come before us , denying WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 103.
Strana 104
... suppose , that the people shall have no laws with re- gard to him , yet when he comes to be tried , he shall claim the protection of those laws , which were made to secure the peo- ple from his violence ; that he shall claim a fair ...
... suppose , that the people shall have no laws with re- gard to him , yet when he comes to be tried , he shall claim the protection of those laws , which were made to secure the peo- ple from his violence ; that he shall claim a fair ...
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Strana 229 - My Lords, what is it that we want here to a great act of national justice ? Do we want a cause, my Lords ? You have the cause of oppressed princes, of undone women of the first rank, of desolated provinces, and of wasted kingdoms. Do you want a criminal, my Lords ? When was there so much iniquity ever laid to the charge of any one ? No, my Lords, you must not look to punish any other such delinquent from India.
Strana 101 - Law and arbitrary power are in eternal enmity. Name me a magistrate, and I will name property ; name me power, and I will name protection. It is a contradiction in terms, it is blasphemy in religion, it is wickedness in politics, to...
Strana 229 - Warren Hastings has not left substance enough in India to nourish such another delinquent. My lords, is it a prosecutor you want? You have before you the Commons of Great Britain as prosecutors, and I believe, my lords, that the sun in his beneficent progress round the world does not behold a more glorious sight than that of men, separated from a remote people by the material...
Strana 230 - We have here all the branches of the royal family in a situation between majesty and subjection, between the sovereign and the subject, offering a pledge in that situation for the support of the rights of the crown and the liberties of the people, both which extremities they touch. My lords, we have a great hereditary peerage here — those who have their own honour, the honour of their ancestors and of their posterity, to guard...