 | George Bancroft - United States - 1876 - 652 pages
...All men are by nature equally free, and have inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. " All power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people ; magistrates are their... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1876 - 536 pages
...of which, they cannot, by any compact, deprive, or divest their posterity ; (A) among which are the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring...pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 3. That all power is by God and nature vested in and consequently derived from the people ; that magistrates... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1876 - 536 pages
...of which, they cannot, by any compact, deprive, or divest their posterity ; (л) among which are the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power is by God and nature vested in and consequently derived from the people ;... | |
 | Virginia - Law - 1877 - 476 pages
...equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. American nation, and that all attempts, from whatever source or upon whatever pretext, to dissolve... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1878 - 648 pages
...All men are by nature equally free, and have inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. " All power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people ; magistrates are their... | |
 | ALLEN THORNDIKE RICE - 1879 - 718 pages
...rights of which they can not, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity ; among which are the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power is by God and nature vested in and consequently derived from the people ;... | |
 | North American review - 1879 - 736 pages
...rights of which they can not, hy any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; among which are the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power is by God and nature vested in and consequently derived from the people ;... | |
 | Education - 1879 - 480 pages
...in a state of savagery and ignorance, does not leave society and the individual to the free use and enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property and pursuing happiness and safety. History and present observation have also certainly taught government there are... | |
 | Bernard Janin Sage - Constitutional history - 1881 - 656 pages
...equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people ; that magistrates... | |
 | Law - 1881 - 1014 pages
...equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights the which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or...property and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." The Virginia Bill was the work of George Mason, a man deeply versed in English parliamentary... | |
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That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, •with... 
