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Early proponents of electing judges expected , with similar naivete , that the electorate would choose judges based on their reputations as men of outstanding judicial competence and impartiality . It is pre-eminently desirable that every opinion bona fide existing among the electors should be represented in the House of Commons in as nearly as possible the same proportion in which it exists among the electors , or , to use popular language , among the nation . My essential objection to the system of proportional representation consists in my grave doubt as to the truth of the third of the above three propositions , namely , that it is desirable that any opinion existing among any large body of electors should be represented in the House of Commons as nearly as possible in the same proportion in which it exists among such electors . These facts may rekindle among the youth of England as of France the sense that to be young is very heaven ; these facts may console old men whom political disillusion and disappointment which they deem undeserved may have tempted towards despair , and enable them to rejoice with calmness and gravity that they have lived long enough to see the day when the solemn call to the performance of a grave national duty has united every man and every class of our common country in the determination to defy the strength , the delusions , and the arrogance of a militarised nation , and at all costs to secure for the civilised world the triumph of freedom , of humanity , and of justice . It seems to me quite certain that , if for four centuries there had been a very widely extended franchise and a very large electoral body in this country , there would have been no reformation of religion , no change of dynasty , no toleration of Dissent , not even an accurate Calendar . He says , " And that warranty must be made to assigns according to the form of the gift is proved [ by a case ] in the circuit of W. de Ralegh , about the end of the roll , " & c. / 2 / It is not justifiable to assume that a contemporary explanation of a new rule had nothing to do with its appearance .