 | Maine. Legislature - 1840 - 1264 pages
...RIGHTS. SEC. 1. All men are born equally free and independent, and have certain natural, inherent and (inalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and of pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness. SEC. 2. All... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - Constitutions - 1836 - 146 pages
...for the government of the same : • ARTICLE i. 1. All political power is inherent in the people. 2. Government is instituted for the protection, security,...and benefit of the people ; and they have the right at all times to alter or reform the same, and to abolish one form of government, and establish another,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1841 - 1092 pages
...and happiness." — Constitution of Missouri. " 1. All political power is inherent in the people. "2. Government is instituted for the protection, security,...and benefit of the people ; and they have the right at all times to alter or reform the same, and to abolish one form of government, and establish another,... | |
 | New Jersey - Session laws - 1842 - 1396 pages
...RIGHTS AND PHIVILEGES. 1. All men are by nature free and independent, and have certain natural and (inalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing, and protecting property, and of pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness. 2. All political... | |
 | New York (State). Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1846 - 410 pages
...men are by nature free and independent, and have certain unalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring,...property, and pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness. 2. All political power is inherent in the people. Government is instituted for the protection, security,... | |
 | Michigan. Legislature - Michigan - 1846 - 276 pages
...constitution. The committee fully recognize the doctrine, that -'all men are created equal," and that "government is instituted for the protection, security and benefit of the people;" yet in these broad maxims, they fail to discover either the utility, or the moral or political injunction... | |
 | Michigan. Legislature. Senate - 1846 - 272 pages
...constitution. The committee fully recognize the doctrine, that ''all men are created equal," and that "government is instituted for the protection, security and benefit of the people;" yet in these broad maxims, they fail to discover either the utility, or the moral or political injunction... | |
 | Jonathan French - United States - 1847 - 506 pages
...acquiring, possessing, and protecting property, and of pursuing and obtaining safety and. happiness. 2. All political power is inherent in the people....and benefit of the people, and they have the right, at all times to alter or reform the same, whenever the public good may require it. 3. No person shall... | |
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All men are by nature free and independent, and have certain inalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty ; acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; and pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness. 
