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" ... we may well wonder, in view of the precedents now established, whether constitutional government as heretofore maintained in this republic could survive another great war even victoriously waged. "
Lend-lease Bill: Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Unites ... - Page 319
by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs - 1941 - 692 pages
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The North American Review, Volume 212

North American review - 1920 - 880 pages
...which they were never intended, and •we may well wonder, in view of the precedents now established, whether constitutional government as heretofore maintained...survive another great war even victoriously waged. Coming from such a source — from a man of high distinction in the public life of the nation, from...
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The Railroad Telegrapher, Volume 38, Part 1

1921 - 1178 pages
...for which they were never intended, and we may .well wonder in view of the precedents now established whether constitutional government as heretofore maintained...survive another great war even victoriously waged. "Apart from these conditions, we cannot afford to ignore the indications that, perhaps to an extent...
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U. S.: A Second Study in Democracy

Heinrich Ewald Buchholz - Democracy - 1926 - 444 pages
...for which they were not intended, and we may well wonder in view of the precedents now established whether constitutional government as heretofore maintained...survive another great war even victoriously waged." Who is the jurist and patriot who made that declaration? The Hon. Charles E. Hughes. There he told...
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The American Labor Year Book, Volume 7

Labor - 1926 - 632 pages
...for which they were not Intended, and we may well wonder in view of the precedents now established whether constitutional government as heretofore maintained...survive another great war even victoriously waged.* Beard showed that Hughes was guilty in the Karolyi case of the same conduct he had condemned in his...
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The Rise of American Civilization, Volume 2

Charles Austin Beard, Mary Ritter Beard - United States - 1927 - 848 pages
...wonder, in view of the precedents now established," exclaimed the former Justice of the Supreme Court, "whether constitutional government as heretofore maintained...survive another great war even victoriously waged." It was only by the most strenuous efforts that persons of liberal tendencies were able to prevent Congress...
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Lend-lease Bill: Hearings..., on H.R. 1776...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs - 1941 - 732 pages
...believe in war you should support a plain, honest, open declaration of war. Let the experts decide how many men it will take right away. The bill you are...survive another great war even victoriously waged." declaring war, which is one of the most precious possessions of our democracy. Mr. FISH. Mr. Thomas,...
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Leadership, Volume 2

William Russell White - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1951 - 1006 pages
...in my judgment, American government. "We may well wonder, in view of the precedents now established, whether constitutional government as heretofore maintained...this republic could survive another great war even if victoriously waged." — CE Hughes. "We will not do what we do not want to do. We can be fooled...
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Edward S. Corwin's The Constitution and what it Means Today

Edward S. Corwin, Harold William Chase, Craig R. Ducat - History - 1978 - 694 pages
...World War I before him, Mr. Hughes raised the question "whether constitutional government as hitherto maintained in this Republic could survive another great war, even victoriously waged." New York Times, June 22, 1920. peacetime recede into the background in wartime. Under the doctrine...
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Freedom Under Fire: U.S. Civil Liberties in Times of War

Michael Linfield - History - 1990 - 312 pages
...which they were never intended, and we may well wonder, in view of the precedents now established, whether constitutional government as heretofore maintained...could survive another great war even victoriously waged.114 Although the Espionage and Sedition Acts were written to deal with war-time emergencies,...
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Peaceful Revolution: Constitutional Change and American Culture from ...

Maxwell Bloomfield - History - 2000 - 236 pages
...wonder in view of the precedents now established," wrote former Justice Charles Evans Hughes in 1920, "whether constitutional government as heretofore maintained...could survive another great war even victoriously waged."2 Such sentiments echoed in the popular media during the immediate postwar period. The Saturday...
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