"Mental unsoundness" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... is made that the wound in his head predisposed him to mental unsoundness, but it does not appear to be claimed that he ...
— A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents - Section 3 (of 3) of Volume 8: Grover Cleveland, First Term. • Grover Cleveland
... unsound mind; as Charles the First had been of unsound mind when he went to seize the five members; as Charles the Second had been of unsound mind when he concluded the treaty of Dover. If this sort of mental unsoundness did not justify subjects in withdrawing their obedience from princes, the plan of a Regency was evidently indefensible. If this sort of mental unsoundness did justify subjects in withdrawing their obedience from princes, ...
— The History of England from the Accession of James II. - Volume 2 (of 5) • Thomas Babington Macaulay |
