...arise " from a fundamental mistake of the whole order and " tenour of our Constitution. " Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from " different...one nation, with one interest, " that of the whole. You choose a member, indeed; " but when you have chosen him, he is not a member " of Bristol, but he...

...hostile interests; which interests each must maintain, äs an agent and advocate, aguinst other agcnts and advocates; but Parliament is a deliberative assembly...of the whole; where, not local purposes, not local prejudiccs , ought to guide, but the general good , resulting from the general reason of the whole....

...which arise from a fundamental mistake of the whole order and tenor of the constitution. "Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and...good, resulting from the general reason of the whole. You choose a member, indeed; but when you have chosen him, he is not member of Bristol, but he is a...

...gment; an d Qe betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. . . . Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and...good, resulting from the general reason of the whole. You choose a member, indeed ; but when he is chosen, he is not a member of Bristol, but a member of...

...which arise from a fundamental mistake of the whole order and tenor of our constitution. Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and...good, resulting from the general reason of the whole. You choose a member, indeed; but when you have chosen him, he is not a member of Bristol, but he is...

...form the conclusion are perhaps three hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments? . . . Parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation,...general good, resulting from the general reason of the whole.2 Although representatives have an obligation to prefer the interests of their constituents to...

...conclusion are perhaps three hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments? . . . Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and...advocates; but Parliament is a deliberative assembly of one 186 It is the collective and diverse character of the representative organ, and not any prior or independently...

...the sea as well. A decade later, Burke made the best-remembered statement of the theory: Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and...one interest, that of the whole — where not local . . . prejudices ought to guide, but the general good. . . . You choose a. member, indeed; but when...

...Rousseau's political philosophy was anathema to Edmund Burke, he similarly argued that "Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and...one nation, with one interest, that of the whole." 4 Philosophically, such communitarianism still enjoys wide currency; empirically, it has long since...

...believed that the "Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests . . . but Parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation,...good, resulting from the general reason of the whole" (49). When representatives perceive that they should have only one end to fulfill, and that is the...