Power is the collective will of the people transferred, by expressed or tacit consent, to their chosen rulers.
If power be the collective will of the people transferred to their ruler, was Pugachev a representative of the will of the people?
War and Peace
Besides this, one cannot by fair dealing, and without injury to others, satisfy the nobles, but you can satisfy the people, for their object is more righteous than that of the nobles, the latter wishing to oppress, while the former only desire not to be oppressed.
Therefore, one who becomes a prince through the favour of the people ought to keep them friendly, and this he can easily do seeing they only ask not to be oppressed by him.
Prince
It has until lately been a received and uncontradicted opinion that the prosperity of the
people of America depended on their continuing firmly united, and the wishes, prayers, and efforts of our best and wisest citizens have been constantly directed to that object.
Federalist Papers Authored by John Jay
A table of excellencies hangeth over every
people. Lo!
Thus Spake Zarathustra
All night long the
people drew on from every side towards the kraal, and, as they came in thousands and tens of thousands, they filled the night with their cries, till it seemed as though the whole world were mourning, and loudly.
Nada The Lily
To multiply instances where it were impossible to adduce an exception would be to waste your time and abuse your patience; but in the sacred volume, which contains the substances of our firmest faith and of our most precious hopes, these passions not only maintain their highest efficacy, but are sanctioned by the express injunctions of the Divine Legislator to his chosen
people.
John Quincy AdamsOrations
If we resort for a criterion to the different principles on which different forms of government are established, we may define a republic to be, or at least may bestow that name on, a government which derives all its powers directly or indirectly from the great body of the
people, and is administered by persons holding their offices during pleasure, for a limited period, or during good behavior.
Federalist Papers Authored by James Madison
"There are traditions still extant among the
people of Slavs of the true faith suffering under the yoke of the 'unclean sons of Hagar.' The
people have heard of the sufferings of their brethren and have spoken."
Anna Karenina
If no dispute had arisen between the king and the
people, Hutchinson would have had the character of a wise, good, and patriotic magistrate.
Grandfathers Chair
So now
people begged Macpherson to travel through the Highlands and gather together as much of the old poetry of the
people as he could.
English Literature For Boys And Girls
We continued to the west, following the river bank, and before we knew it we were in the midst of the abiding-place of the Fire
People.
Before Adam
Though this indeed is evident from what we have already said: there are also many different sorts of common
people, and also of those who are called gentlemen.
A Treatise on Government
One night in the chapel, after the usual chapel exercises were over, General Armstrong referred to the fact that he had received a letter from some gentlemen in Alabama asking him to recommend some one to take charge of what was to be a normal school for the coloured
people in the little town of Tuskegee in that state.
Up From Slavery