JB/044/004/001

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8 July 1895
Constitutional

1
Of the best form
of government
when there is as
yet no government.

2
Of the best form
of government where
there is a an established government.

3
Inconveniences
of government
of by universal
suffrage without
a representative
body.

4
Inconveniences of
Government by universal
suffrage
will under a representative
body
chosen by universal
suffrage.

5
Good and bad Strong & weak points
of theory –
Subjection to arbitrary
government the real
natural state of
man

6
Of the seeds of civil
war – incapacitation
of man by whole
classes –
1. Hereditary incapacity
2. Hereditary servitude
3. Exclusion on account
of Religion.
Impossibility of extending
the right of
suffrage without going
on to universal
suffrage.

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Advantageous
points in the British
Constitution
1. on the side of
security against
anarchy & civil war.
2. on the side of security
against bad
government.

1. Government
habitually with
hands of the well-informed
classes
2. Faculty
of acquiring a
seat in the sovereign
body otherwise than
by the suffrage
of the ill-informed
classes.
3. Habit the people
and Parliament
are in of suffering
and expecting Ministers
to take the
lead in legislation

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Advantageous
points in the British
Constitution
2. on the side of security
against bad government.

1. Occasional responsibility
of Governors
to the body of the
people – Parliament
of limited duration.
2. Faculty on the
part of the people
of communicating
their sentiments to
one another at ahy
time – by
1. Liberty of public
Assemblies.
2. Liberty of politicising 3. Impotence of
the Chief Magistrate
unless with the concurrence
of amenable
advisers. subordinates.
4. Amenability of
all Executive
Officers but the
King.

Identifier: | JB/044/004/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 44.
Date_1	1795-07-08	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	044	Main Headings	constitutional code
Folio number	004	Info in main headings field	constitutional
Image	001	Titles
Category	rudiments sheet (brouillon)	Number of Pages	2
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Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
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Notes public		ID Number	13789
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