 | John Frost - United States - 1848 - 424 pages
...make and to alter their constitutions of government. But the constitution which at any time exists, until changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government,... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - Presidents - 1848 - 146 pages
...make and alter their constitutions of government; but the constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Hallett - Constitutional history - 1848 - 84 pages
...make and alter their constitutions of government. Hut the constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all." From the Declaration of Independence, which annulled the old source... | |
 | John Bigelow - Constitutions - 1848 - 538 pages
...alter their constitutions of government ; but that the Constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all." 2. All free governments are instituted for the protection, safety, and... | |
 | Levi Carroll Judson - Conduct of life - 1848 - 364 pages
...make and alter their constitutions of government. But, the constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government,... | |
 | Indiana - 1849 - 520 pages
...at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government, presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government.... | |
 | Indiana - 1849 - 510 pages
...and to alter their constitutions of government : but, the constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government,... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1850 - 318 pages
...and to alter their constitutions of government : but, the constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government,... | |
 | Benjamin Cowell - Rhode Island - 1850 - 364 pages
...and to alter their constitutions of government ; but the constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government,... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton - 1851 - 946 pages
...people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. But the Constitution for the time, and until changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly binding upon all The very idea of the right and power of the people to establish government,... | |
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The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. But the constitution which at any time exists till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people is sacredly obligatory... 
