All men are born equally free and independent, and have certain inherent and indefeasible rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property and reputation, and of pursuing their... Maryland Colonization Journal - Page 1091847Full view - About this book
| Constitutions - 1804 - 372 pages
...equally free and independent, and have certain inherent and indefeasible rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property and reputation, and of pursuing their own happiness. II. That all power is inherent in the People ; and... | |
| United States. Congress. House - United States - 1438 pages
...compact, are equal; and have certain inherent and indeteisible^-ights, among which are those of njoying and defending life and liberty; of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property and reputation ; and of pursuing their own happiness. 2. That all political power is inherent in the people,... | |
| Charles Britten Johnson - Pennsylvania - 1819 - 190 pages
...equally free and independent, and have certain inherent and indefeasible rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property and reputation, and of pursuing their own happiness. SECT. IL That all power is inherent in the people,... | |
| 1821 - 454 pages
...inherent and unalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and...is inherent in the people; all free governments are founded in their authorty, and instituted for their benefit; they have, therefore, an unalienable and... | |
| Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1825 - 400 pages
...equally free and independent, and have certain inherent and indefeasible rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, of acquiring, possessing and protecting property and reputation, abd of pursuing their own happiness. The second section of the ninth article being under... | |
| New Jersey. Court of Chancery - Law reports, digests, etc - 1911 - 704 pages
...in our constitution in the clause "among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and of pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness," and there is no law applicable to the one that does not apply to the other with equal force. 7. The... | |
| Enoch Lewis - Draft - 1831 - 50 pages
...equally free and independent, and have certain inherent and indefeasible rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, of acquiring, possessing and protecting property and reputation, and of pursuing their own happiness." " Section 3. All men have a natural and indefeasible... | |
| George Bourne - Enslaved persons - 1834 - 266 pages
...equally free and independent, and have certain inherent and indefeisible rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property and reputation, and of pursuing their own happiness." — Pennsylvania. " Through divine goodness, all... | |
| Maine. Legislature - 1842 - 1068 pages
...inherent and unalienable 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. SECT. 2. All power is inherent in the people; all free governments are founded in their authority and... | |
| United States. Circuit Court (3rd Circuit), Henry Baldwin - Law reports, digests, etc - 1837 - 670 pages
...in the constitution of Pennsylvania declares, "that all men have the inherent and indefeasible right of enjoying and defending life and liberty, of acquiring, possessing and protecting property," " that no man can be deprived of his liberty or property but by the judgment of his peers, or the law... | |
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