A Manual of Parliamentary Practice
Publisher: Cosimo Classics
Published: April 1, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9781602061033
Subjects: Government - Federal; Government - U.S. Government; United States - General; History / United States / General; Law : Government - Federal; Political Science : Government - U.S. Government; General; Political Science; History - U.S.; Politics/International Relations
First sentence: MR. ONSLOW, the ablest among the Speakers of the House of Commons, used to say, "It was a maxim he had often heard when he was a young man, from old and experienced members, that nothing tended more to throw power into the hands of administration and those who acted with the majority of the House of Commons, than a neglect of, or departure from, the rules of proceeding; that these forms, as instituted by our ancestors, operated as a check, and control, on the actions of the majority; and that they were, in many instances, a shelter and protection to the minority, against the attempts of power."