| John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Martha Joanna Lamb, Nathan Gillett Pond - 1884 - 614 pages
...free and independent, and have certain inherent rights of which they cannot by any compact deprive their posterity," namely, " the enjoyment of life...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." All the powers of society are " vested in, and consequently derived from, the people ; " and... | |
| 1885 - 696 pages
...section 1 (Acts of 1872-8, page 5), provides that "All men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they...the means of acquiring and possessing property, and of pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." The law we are considering is claimed to conflict... | |
| Illinois State Board of Health - 1885 - 694 pages
...section 1 (Acts of ±872-3, page 5), provides that "All men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they...the means of acquiring and possessing property, and of pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." The law we are considering is claimed to conflict... | |
| West Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals, Edgar P. Rucker - 1885 - 940 pages
...equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state ot society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest...the means of acquiring and possessing property, and of possessing and obtaining happiness and safety." The law which we are considering is claimed to conffict... | |
| Howard Willis Preston - 1886 - 336 pages
...the basis and foundation of government. I. That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. II. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people ; that magistrates... | |
| George Bancroft - 1886 - 486 pages
...posterity, as the basis and foundation of government : " All men are by nature equally free, and have inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. " All power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people ; magistrates are their... | |
| 1911 - 1146 pages
...regal interference. That document provided: "That all men are by nature equally free, Independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they...of acquiring and possessing property and pursuing happiness and safety." 1 Revised Code of Virginia 1819, p. 31. This conception of life and liberty... | |
| 1886 - 896 pages
...independent, and have certain inherent rights of which, when they enter into a state of society, they can not by any compact deprive or divest their posterity,...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." And of this he said: "To deprive a citizen of any property already acquired, without a fair... | |
| Howard Willis Preston - 1886 - 344 pages
...have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by 2O7 any compact, deprive or divest their posterity ; namely,...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. II. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people ; that magistrates... | |
| 1890 - 1226 pages
..."bill of rights" of this state declares that "all men are, by nature, equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they...or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of Ule and liberty, with the means of acquiringand possessing property, and of pursuing and obtaining... | |
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