...Massachusetts repeats the same truth in a different form, saying, in its first article : "All men are born frce and equal, and have certain natural essential, and...enjoying and defending their lives and liberties." Another article explains what is meant by Equality, saying : " No man, nor corporation or association...

...of Eights : 1. All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential and inalienable rights ; among which may be reckoned the right of...seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness. 2. It is the right, as well as the duty of all men in society publicly and at stated seasons to worship...

...OF THE BIGHTS OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. ARTICLE I. All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential...seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness. ABT/H. It is the right as well as the duty of all men in society, publicly, and at stated seasons,...

...Declaration of the Rights of the Inhabitants of the Common^ wealth of Massachusetts. ART. I. All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential,...seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness. . II. It is the right as well as the duty of all men in society, publicly, and at stated seasons to...

...courts. According to Section 2 of Article 1 of the Constitution of Massachusetts: "All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential,...seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness. " It was held in Campbell v. Boston, 290 Mass. 427, 195 NE 802, that a statute which purports to take...

...Constitution: "Sec. 3. All persons ars born equally free, and have certain natural, essential, and inalienable rights, among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties, of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property, and of seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness...

...extended the suffrage and began with a Declaration of Rights. Article I now read: All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential,...of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property. . . .8 The constitution did not contain any explicit emancipation clause or any authorization of legislation...

...lion. "Sec. 3. All persons are born equally free, and have certain natural. essential, and inalienable rights, among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending then lives and liberties, of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property, and of seeking and obtaining...

...on a paragraph that looked like an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence: All people are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential,...fine, that of seeking and obtaining their safety and health. Equality under the law shall not be denied or abridged because of sex, race, color, creed,...

...Right (1780). The latter documenr gives a perfectly Lockean account in Article I: All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential...fine, that of seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness.35 Thus, we see that the phrase "safety and happiness" is another phrase ("in fine") for...