...the two subjects. Party jealousy declares that they should be tied together. " Party," said Burke, " is a body of men united for promoting, by their joint...national interest, upon some particular principle upon which they are all agreed." That definition excludes the hope of working for the national interest...

...outset that our defiaition of Party should be quite free from ambiguity. Mr. Burke describes Party as " a body of men united for promoting, by their joint...national interest, upon some particular principle." If the actual manifestations of Party life strictly corresponded with this account of it, there would...

...division of public men. From such doctrine Burke dissented. Party was a necessity. " Party," said Burke, " is a body of men united for promoting by their joint endeavours the national interest upon some paricular principle in which they are all agreed. For my part I find it impossible to conceive that...

...Peloponnesian. 19. The passage from Burke is rightly given by thirty-four members, and is as follows : ' Party is a body of men united for promoting, by their joint endeavours, the national interest, upon Mme particular principle in which they are all agreed ' (Prêtent Discontents'). Moonraker is severe...

...to be blown off their ground by the breath of every childish talker. They were not afraid that they should be called an ambitious junto ; or that their...a body of men united for promoting by their joint endeavors the national interest upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed. For my...

...purpose it is immaterial whether we agree with the somewhat Olympian definition given by Burke that a party is " a body of men united for promoting by their joint " endeavours the national interests upon some particular principle " on which they are agreed," or whether wo hold the view of...

...often be found that those who boast of placing country before party place themselves before either. " Party is a body of men united for promoting by their...endeavours the national interest upon some particular in which they are all agreed." That is Burke's definition, and it holds good to-day. Superfine- folk...

...najagen, maar zij zoeken het algemeen belang te bevorderen , zoodat men met Burke kan zeggen : „ a party is a body of men united for promoting , by their...interest, upon some particular principle in which they all are agreed." Terwijl facties alle met gelijksoortige middelen verschillende doeleinden najagen...

...underlie the theory of our unwritten constitution. MARLBOROUGH. THE NEW NATIONAL PARTY. Party is n body of men united for promoting by their joint endeavours the national interest upon some principle in which they are all agreed. —Burke. THE discussion which has been raised during the last...

...to be blown off their ground by the breath of every childish talker. They were not afraid that they should be called an ambitious junto ; or that their resolution to stand or fall I GODOLPHIN'S WHIG ADMINISTRATION 9 together should, by placemen, be interpreted into a scuffle for...