 | 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... | |
 | Stephen M. Feldman - 2000 - 285 pages
...for many subsequent state constitutions. It stressed that government should be for the common good: "government is, or ought to be instituted for the...and security of the people, nation, or community." Thus, "all men, having sufficient evidence of permanent common interest with, and attachment to, the... | |
 | Jonathan P. Stein - 2000 - 324 pages
...political system from centrifugal ethnic mobilization — seem capable of institutionalizing the principle "that government is or ought to be instituted for...protection, and security of the people, nation or community."78 Appendix: Current Ethnic Minority Representation in Post-Communist Parliaments Country.... | |
 | Angela Howard, Sasha Ranaé Adams Tarrant - 2000 - 424 pages
...is in perfect accord with the principles of the Civil-Rights Bill, and doubtles actuated its author: "Government is or ought to be instituted for the common...protection and security of the people, nation or community, and not for the particolar emolument, or advantage of any single man, family or set of men who are... | |
 | Lawrence O. Gostin - 2000 - 524 pages
...Framing Era, 10 HASTINGS CONST. LQ 167, 311 (1991l; see also § 3 of the Virginia Constitution of 1 776: "That government is, or ought to be, instituted for...common benefit, protection, and security of the people. . . ." 4. US CONST, art. I, § I ("All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress... | |
 | Steve Glickman - 2001 - 106 pages
...Regardless of wealth, everyone •- has equal say in the way things are run. Poorest Richest WEALTH common benefit, protection, and security of the people,...against the danger of maladministration; and that, whenever any government shall be found inadequate or contrary to these purposes, a majority of the... | |
 | Willi Paul Adams - 2001 - 406 pages
...guiding governmental action and a justification for resistance against the abuse of governmental power. "Government is, or ought to be, instituted for the...producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety." The sixth article added that the legislature's highest obligation was to serve the common good. This... | |
 | 1921 - 800 pages
...obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from the people. 3. That government is, or ought to be, instituted...and security of the people, nation, or community; . . . when any government shall be found inadequate or contrary to these purposes, a majority of the... | |
 | Robert Wintemute, Mads Tønnesson Andenæs - 2001 - 807 pages
...Constitution's Common Benefits Clause (Chapter I, Article 7), part of the original 1777 Constitution: "That government is, or ought to be, instituted for...protection, 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 who... | |
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That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security, of the people, nation, or community of all the various modes and forms of government that is best, which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness... 
