 | William Quirk, R. Randall Bridwell - Law - 1995 - 162 pages
...Jefferson's theory of debt is one example of his basic premise that one generation cannot bind another: "No generation can contract debts greater than may be paid during the course of its own existence." The "earth belongs in usufruct [trust] to the living . . . the dead have neither powers nor rights... | |
 | Matthias Ruth, Bruce M. Hannon - Business & Economics - 1997 - 370 pages
...say the earth belongs to each . . . generation during its course, fully and in its own right. . . . Then, no generation can contract debts greater than...may be paid during the course of its own existence. Thomas Jefferson, September 6, 1 789 28.1 Basic Model In the previous chapter we saw that, to a significant... | |
 | Rocky Mountain Institute - Architecture - 1998 - 552 pages
...sensibility. Thomas Jefferson implored that we understand: "The earth belongs to each generation, and no generation can contract debts greater than may be paid during the course of its own existence." Today we call that sustainable development — meeting the needs of the present without compromising... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - History - 1999 - 676 pages
...so on. For if the 1st. could charge it with a debt, then the earth would belong to the dead and not the living generation. Then no generation can contract...debts greater than may be paid during the course of it's own existence. At 21 years of age they may bind themselves and their lands for 34 years to come:... | |
 | Andrea Woodner - 2000 - 145 pages
...Overview "Then I say the earth belongs to each...generation during its course, fully and in its own right, no generation can contract debts greater than may be paid during the course of its own existence. " ,, . „ As a nation, the price we pay for this sub-par performance ranges from $10-60 billion in... | |
 | D. Chandrasekharam, J. Bundschuh - Technology & Engineering - 2002 - 436 pages
...(Jenkinson 1987) "then I say the earth belongs to each generation during its course, fully and in its right no generation can contract debts greater than may be paid during the course of its existence". All five definitions stand for the emphasis of specific aspect of sustainability. Definition... | |
 | David W. Orr - Science - 2002 - 247 pages
...based on the principle that "the earth belongs to the living and not to the dead." Jefferson concluded, "No generation can contract debts greater than may be paid during the course of it's own existence" (1975, 244). ! Were he alive now, 1. Madison's initial response was not positive.... | |
 | Business & Economics - 446 pages
...wrote: "What is true of every member of the society, individually, is true of them all collectively.... Then I say, the earth belongs to each of these generations...may be paid during the course of its own existence." (Letter to James Madison, 1789.) program and to mandate that all citizens must be participants. It... | |
 | N.H. Afgan, R. Della Morte - Technology & Engineering - 2004 - 394 pages
...1889 [26] "Then I say the earth belongs to each generation during its course, fully and in its right no generation can contract debts greater than may be paid during the course of its existence" All five definitions stand for the emphasis of specific aspect of sustainability. Definition... | |
 | Mani Monto, L S Ganesh, Koshy Varghese - Business & Economics - 2005 - 326 pages
...1996). Then I say the earth belongs to each. ..generation during its course, fully and in its own right, no generation can contract debts greater than may be paid during the course of its own existence. (Thomas Jefferson, 6 September 1789) Each generation is entitled to the interest of the natural capital,... | |
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Then I say, the earth belongs to each of these generations during its course, fully and in its own right. The second generation receives it clear of the debts and incumbrances of the first, the third of the second, and so on. For if the first could charge... 
