JB/087/103/001

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How are these divisions made? in subordinate
governments, by the supreme. in the system of supreme
government, by the original compact where there has
been one between the first members of it and the
body of the people: an where there has not, by
the turn which they have given and the d conditions
they are disposed to annex to the habit of obedience; that
habit which is the efficient cause of all governments one government
alike. as well as of another.

The advantages of division [in regard to the powers
of government] are principally as follows: those which follow 1. It prevents diminishes
precipitation the danger 2. it diminishes the
danger of extreme ignorance: in the extreme it diminishes the danger of a
want of probity. This last advantage however is
seldom obtainedattained in any perceptible degree unless
the number of persons sharers be very considerable; so
much so that among them it shall be difficult
to separate the interests of the majority of them
from the interests of the body of the people.
The principle disadvantages are that it breeds is apt to delay,
and that by the quarrels it is liable to gives birth to,
it has a tendency to bring about the dissolution
of the government in which it is established. The mischief

Identifier: | JB/087/103/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 87.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	087	Main Headings	indirect legislation
Folio number	103	Info in main headings field	indirect
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f5 / f6 / f7 / f8
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::gr [crown motif] [britannia with shield motif]]]
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	27628
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