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... compact , deprive or divest their posterity ; namely , the enjoy- ment of life and lib- erty , with the means of acquiring and pos- sessing property , and 3. Le principe de toute souveraineté ré- side essentiellement dans 27 COMPARISON ...
... compact , deprive or divest their posterity ; namely , the enjoy- ment of life and lib- erty , with the means of acquiring and pos- sessing property , and 3. Le principe de toute souveraineté ré- side essentiellement dans 27 COMPARISON ...
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... is formed by a voluntary associa- tion of individuals ; it is a social compact by which the whole people covenants with each citizen and each citizen with the sance de ces mêmes droits . Ces bornes ne peuvent AND AMERICAN DECLARATIONS . 29.
... is formed by a voluntary associa- tion of individuals ; it is a social compact by which the whole people covenants with each citizen and each citizen with the sance de ces mêmes droits . Ces bornes ne peuvent AND AMERICAN DECLARATIONS . 29.
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... state of estates , sees in the state a double condition of contract between prince and people . The laws form the content of this compact . They established , therefore , for the prince a right of 50 CONTRAST BETWEEN THE AMERICAN.
... state of estates , sees in the state a double condition of contract between prince and people . The laws form the content of this compact . They established , therefore , for the prince a right of 50 CONTRAST BETWEEN THE AMERICAN.
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... compact with God , and they steadfastly recognized as authoritative only the will of the community at the time being , that is , the will of the majority.1 Persecuted in England Brownism transformed itself on Dutch soil , 1 Weingarten ...
... compact with God , and they steadfastly recognized as authoritative only the will of the community at the time being , that is , the will of the majority.1 Persecuted in England Brownism transformed itself on Dutch soil , 1 Weingarten ...
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... compact between its original sovereign mem- bers . This compact was made indeed in pursuance of divine commandment , but it remained always the ultimate legal basis of the community . It was concluded by virtue of the individual's ...
... compact between its original sovereign mem- bers . This compact was made indeed in pursuance of divine commandment , but it remained always the ultimate legal basis of the community . It was concluded by virtue of the individual's ...
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Page 41 - ... no part of the property of any individual can, with justice, be taken from him, or applied to public uses, without his own consent, or that of the representative body of the people.
Page 27 - 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 posterily ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Page 37 - That the freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments.
Page 10 - On convient que tout ce que chacun aliène , par le pacte social, de sa puissance, de ses biens, de sa liberté, c'est seulement la partie de tout cela dont l'usage importe à la communauté; mais il faut convenir aussi que le souverain seul est juge de cette importance.
Page 34 - That general warrants, whereby an officer or messenger may be commanded to search suspected places without evidence of a fact committed, or to seize any person or persons not named, or whose offense is not particularly described and supported by evidence, are grievous and oppressive, and ought not to be granted.
Page 70 - That our royall will and pleasure is, that noe person within the sayd colonye, at any tyme hereafter, shall bee any wise molested, punished, disquieted, or called in question, for any differences in opinione in matters of religion...
Page 31 - That all power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws, by any authority, without consent of the representatives of the people, is injurious to their rights, and ought not to be exercised.
Page 32 - ALL elections ought to be free; and all the inhabitants of this Commonwealth, having such qualifications as they shall establish by their frame of government, have an equal right to elect officers, and to be elected, for public employments.
Page 41 - In the government of this Commonwealth, the legislative department shall never exercise the executive and judicial powers, or either of them : the executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them : the judicial shall never exercise the legislative and executive powers, or either of them: to the end it may be a government of laws and not of men.
Page 28 - The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government, is to secure the existence of the body politic, to protect it, and to furnish the individuals who compose it with the power of enjoying in safety and tranquility their natural rights, and the blessings of life...