| John Wilson Campbell, Moses Hoge - Virginia - 1813 - 322 pages
...liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing happiness and safety. II. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; that magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all. times amenable to them. III. That government... | |
| Virginia. General Court, William Brockenbrough, Hugh Holmes - Courts - 1815 - 364 pages
...for the offence. In this commonwealth, the second article " of the bill of rights having declared, ' that all power is " vested in, and consequently derived from the people, " that magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at " all times amenable to them,' it follows... | |
| Libel and slander - 1817 - 240 pages
...information for the offence. In this case the second article of the bill of rights, having declared that " All power is vested in, and consequently derived from the people, that magistrates are the trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them." It follows, as... | |
| Virginia. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1890 - 928 pages
...this Commonwealth and their posterity, as the basis and foundation <if Government. That maxim is. " that all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people , t lat magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at a!J tuneg amenable to them." To see the... | |
| Virginia - Law - 1833 - 604 pages
...the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people ; that magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them. 8. That government... | |
| Presidents - 1841 - 460 pages
...the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. , 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people ; that magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them. 3. That government... | |
| Joseph Tate - Law - 1841 - 992 pages
...the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power 'is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people ; that magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them. 3. That government... | |
| Henry St. George Tucker - Natural law - 1844 - 372 pages
...the people. By the second and the third articles of the bill of rights of Virginia it is declared " that all power is vested in and consequently derived from the people ; that government is or ought to be instituted for their common benefit ; and that when it is found... | |
| John Leland - 1845 - 760 pages
...righteous men have to part with a little of their liberty and property to preserve the rest. Third, that all power is vested in, and consequently derived from the people. Fourth, that the law should rule over rulers, and not rulers over the law. Fifth, that government is... | |
| E. Fitch Smith - Constitutional law - 1848 - 1004 pages
...the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pu: suing aud obtaining happiness and safety. " That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people ; that magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them. " That government... | |
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