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<p>As to such public oppressions <lb/>as tend to dissolve <lb/>the constitution, <lb/>& subvert the fundamentals <lb/>of government, they are cases which the law <lb/>will not, out of decency, <lb/>suppose; being incapable <lb/>of distrusting those, whom <lb/>it has invested with <lb/>any part of the supreme <lb/>power. I 237.</p> | <p>As to such public oppressions <lb/>as tend to dissolve <lb/>the constitution, <lb/>& subvert the fundamentals <lb/>of government, they are cases which the law <lb/>will not, out of decency, <lb/>suppose; being incapable <lb/>of distrusting those, whom <lb/>it has invested with <lb/>any part of the supreme <lb/>power. I 237.</p> | ||
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<p>The supposition of <hi rend="underline">law</hi> <lb/>.... is, that neither the <lb/>king nor either house of <lb/>parliament (collectively <lb/>taken) is capable of doing <lb/>any wrong. I 237 </p> | |||
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<p>The law ... ascribes <lb/>to the king, in his political <lb/>capacity, absolute <hi rend="underline">perfection.</hi> <lb/>The king can do no wrong. I 238 </p> | |||
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<p>The prerogative of <lb/>the crown extends not to <lb/>do any injury: it is <lb/>created for the benefit <lb/>of the people, & <hi rend="underline">therefore</hi> <lb/>cannot be exerted to their <lb/> prejudice. I 239 </p> | |||
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<p>The king ... is not only <lb/>incapable of <hi rend="underline">doing</hi> wrong, <lb/>but even of <hi rend="underline">thinking</hi> <lb/>wrong: he can never mean <lb/>to do an improper thing: <lb/>in him is no folly or <lb/>weakness. I 239 </p> | |||
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15 July 1804
1
By law pars the person
of the king is sacred,
even though the measures
pursued in his reign be
completely tyrannical &
abitrary: for no jurisdiction
upon earth has
power to try him in a
criminal way. I 235
2
For the end of such
action [an action against
the king] is not to compel
the prince to observe the
contract, but to pursuade him. I. 236
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The king Maxim in ...
law ... the king himself
can do no wrong. I 237.
4
As to such public oppressions
as tend to dissolve
the constitution,
& subvert the fundamentals
of government, they are cases which the law
will not, out of decency,
suppose; being incapable
of distrusting those, whom
it has invested with
any part of the supreme
power. I 237.
5
The supposition of law
.... is, that neither the
king nor either house of
parliament (collectively
taken) is capable of doing
any wrong. I 237
6
The law ... ascribes
to the king, in his political
capacity, absolute perfection.
The king can do no wrong. I 238
7
The prerogative of
the crown extends not to
do any injury: it is
created for the benefit
of the people, & therefore
cannot be exerted to their
prejudice. I 239
8
The king ... is not only
incapable of doing wrong,
but even of thinking
wrong: he can never mean
to do an improper thing:
in him is no folly or
weakness. I 239
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