Locke, Of Govemmentj chap. viii, xix

44.' Burke {Speech on the Army Estimâtes, 1790. Works, vol. V, p. 4), dira : « that confidence, of ail public virtues, was the most dangerous, and jealousy in an Houseof Gommons, of ail public vices, the mo6t tôlerablc ; especially where the number and the charge of standing armies in time of peace was the question ». — En septembre 1816, la Revue d'Edimbourg dira de même : « Confidence in our ruiers, whether arising from supinene^ or limidity, or pcrsonal prédilection, is as foolish as it is unworthy of a free people. — V. encore, dans la Revue d'Edimbourg, en février 1811 : It is never to be forgotten, that the great and ultimate barrier against corruption, oppression, and arbitrary power, must always be raised on public opinion, — and on opinion 8<.> valued and so asserted, as to point resolutely to résistance if it be once insulted, or set at défiance.

— Et en juillet 1809 : ail government hâve lendency to become arbitrary ; and ail législative asscmblies, whether elccted or heredilary, hâve a similar propensity. The only check to the encroachments of power, and the oppressions of inceptive tyrauny is the spirit, the intelligence, the vigilance, the prepared résistance of the peaple. — Cf. Graham Wallas, life of Francis Place , p. 63.

45. Essays, ùd. Green, vol. I, p. 443: Part II, Essay XII, of the Original (k)ntracl.

46. Treatise. Book IH, Part II, Sect. V, VI, VII (éd. Green, vol. II, p. 284).