Of the Independency of Parliament

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In contriving any system of government, and fixing the several checks and controls of the constitution, every man ought to be supposed a knave, and to have no other end, in all his actions, than private interest.

David Hume

Essays, Moral and Political

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Topic

Setting up a government

Author

David Hume

Source

Of the Independency of Parliament Essays, Moral and Political

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1741 1740s 18th century

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Original Citation

Hume, David. "Of the Independency of Parliament." Essays, Moral and Political. Edinburgh: A. Kincaid, 1741, no. 8.

Current Citation

Hume, David. "Of the Independency of Parliament." Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary: Volumes 1 and 2, edited by Tom L. Beauchamp and Mark A Box. Oxford University Press, 2022, pt. 1, no. 4.