Political Science · Comparative Political Analysis
Who said, 'Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests… but Parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation, that of the whole'?
AJ.S. Mill
BJohn Locke
CJames Madison
DEdmund Burke ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Edmund Burke — Edmund Burke said this about Parliament, so the answer is Edmund Burke.
Explanation
★Edmund Burke said this about Parliament, so the answer is Edmund Burke.
★He said it in his famous Speech to the Electors of Bristol in 1774.
★For Burke a member represents the whole nation, not just local interests.
★He should use his own mature judgement for the common good.
★He is a trustee, not a mere delegate bound to instructions.
★So this view of Parliament as a national deliberative body is Burke's.
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