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" That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community; of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness... "
An Authentic History of Lancaster County: In the State of Pennsylvania - Page 90
by Jacob Isidor Mombert - 1869 - 792 pages
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Speeches of Andrew Johnson, President of the United States

Andrew Johnson - United States - 1865 - 558 pages
...? Let me read that clause of the Bill of Rights of Virginia, which relates to this (third clause) : That government is or ought to be instituted for the...protection, and security of the people, nation, or community ; of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best which is capable of producing the...
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Andrew Johnson, President of the United States: His Life and Speeches

Lillian Foster - Presidents - 1866 - 322 pages
...that clause of the Bill of Eights of Virginia which relates to this (third clause): That goveminent is or ought to be instituted for the common .benefit,...protection, and security of the people, nation, or community : of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best which is capable of producing the...
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The Gay Rights Question in Contemporary American Law

Andrew Koppelman - Law - 2010 - 221 pages
...majority opinion relies on the peculiar "common benefits clause" of the Vermont constitution, which says that "government is, or ought to be, instituted for...the particular emolument or advantage of any single person, family, or set of persons, who are a part only of that community." 22 (Since the decision relied...
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Equality for Same-Sex Couples: The Legal Recognition of Gay Partnerships in ...

Yuval Merin - Social Science - 2010 - 415 pages
...protection and the "Common Benefit Clause" of the Vermont constitution, which provides in part that the "government is, or ought to be, instituted for the...the particular emolument or advantage of any single person, family, or set of persons, who are part of that community."243 The case, Baker v. State of...
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Quellen zur Entstehung der Grundrechte in Deutschland

Wolfgang Fikentscher, Achim R. Fochem - Law - 2002 - 336 pages
...people; that magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them. Sec. 3. That government is, or ought to be, instituted for...and security of the people, nation, or community; of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best which is capable of producing the greatest...
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Locke, Jefferson, and the Justices: Foundations and Failures of the US ...

George M. Stephens - Law - 2002 - 224 pages
...the people; that magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them. (3) That government is or ought to be instituted for the...protection, and security of the people, nation or community. Of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best which is capable of producing the greatest...
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H.R. 5005, the Homeland Security Act of 2002, Days 1 and 2 ..., Volume 4

United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Homeland Security - National security - 2002 - 212 pages
...George Mason, the Virginian and who made the case for the Bill of Rights to our Constitution, wrote, "government is, or ought to be instituted for the...and security of the people, Nation or community." Mr. Chairman, we need to secure our borders as we secure our liberty. We must protect our rights as...
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Psychiatry in Law/law in Psychiatry: Psychiatry in law

Ralph Slovenko - Forensic psychiatry - 2002 - 586 pages
...Supreme Court, on the basis of a 200-year-old clause of the state constitution that government should be "instituted for the common benefit, protection and security of the people, nation or community," ordered the state to guarantee the same protections and benefits to homosexual couples that it does...
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The Second Amendment Controversy Explained

Theodore L. Johnson - Social Science - 2002 - 600 pages
...therefore, are their trustees and agents and at all times amenable to them. Third, That Government ought to be instituted for the common benefit, protection and security of the People; and that the doctrine of non-resistance against arbitrary power and oppression is absurd slavish, and...
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Het recht op veiligheid: referaten van de achtste studiedag van het ...

Karel Rimanque - Human rights - 2002 - 178 pages
...pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.' Artikel 3 noemt als doel waarvoor de overheid is ingesteld: 'the common benefit, protection and security of the people, nation, or community'. Het vervolgt met de woorden dat de beste regeringsvorm degene is die in staat is 'the greatest degree...
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