Thoughts On The Elements Of Civil Government (1836)

Tending To Prove As A Fundamental Principle, On The Authority Of The Jurists, The Nature Of Government, The Experience Of The Principal European States, And Particularly That Of The British Empire, That The Lower Orders Of Society, The Populace, Cannot, Consistently With The Stability Of Good Government, Be Suffered To Exercise Any Share Of Political Power Or Controlling Influence Over The Constituted Government.