 | United States. Congress. Senate - 1868 - 940 pages
...the people ; that magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them. 5. That government is, or ought to be, instituted for...security of the people, nation, or community ; of all the varióos modes and forms of government, that is best which is capable of producing the greatest degree... | |
 | New York (State). Constitutional Convention - 1868 - 1062 pages
...America in general." The Constitution of Virginia, formed in 1776, declares that " of all the various forms of government, that is best which is capable...producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety." Massachusetts declared in her Constitution, formed in 1780, that "government is instituted for the... | |
 | Wolfgang Fikentscher, Achim R. Fochem - 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...happiness and safety, and is most effectually secured against the danger of maladministration; and that, when any government shall be found inadequate or... | |
 | George M. Stephens - 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...happiness and safety, and is most effectually secured against the danger of maladministration; and that, whenever any government shall be found inadequate... | |
 | Bradley C. S. Watson - 2002 - 240 pages
...Constitution's Common Benefits clause in deciding the case. That clause, in pertinent part, reads: "That government is, or ought to be, instituted for...and security of the people, nation, or community, and not for the particular emolument or advantage of any single person, family, or set of persons,... | |
 | Andrew Koppelman - 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...and security of the people, nation, or community, and not for the particular emolument or advantage of any single person, family, or set of persons,... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Homeland 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... | |
 | Yuval Merin - 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...and security of the people, nation, or community, and not for the particular emolument or advantage of any single person, family, or set of persons,... | |
 | Ralph Slovenko - 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... | |
 | Theodore L. Johnson - 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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... of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best, which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety... 
