| John Wilson Campbell - Virginia - 1813 - 322 pages
...liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing happiness and safety. II. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived...and servants, and at all. times amenable to them. III. That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection and security... | |
| Libel and slander - 1817 - 240 pages
...and cannot as such be given in evidence on an indictment or information for the offence. In this case the second article of the bill of rights, having declared...consequently derived from the people, that magistrates are the trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them." It follows, as a necessary consequence,... | |
| Virginia. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1830 - 932 pages
...the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. " That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people. " That a majority of the community ham an indubitable, unalienable, and indefeasible right tii reform, alter... | |
| Virginia. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1890 - 928 pages
...this Commonwealth and their posterity, as the basis and foundation <if Government. That maxim is. " that all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people , t lat magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at a!J tuneg amenable to them." To see the... | |
| Virginia - Law - 1833 - 604 pages
...the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived...trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them. 8. That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection and security of... | |
| Presidents - 1841 - 460 pages
...the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. , 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived...trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them. 3. That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security... | |
| Joseph Tate - Law - 1841 - 992 pages
...the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power 'is vested in, and consequently derived...trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them. 3. That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection and security,... | |
| John Adolphus - Great Britain - 1841 - 688 pages
...the question, six 2. All power is rested in and consequently derived from the people ; map-- trates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them. 3. Government is instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the community. That... | |
| United States - 1842 - 712 pages
...protecting property, and preserving and obtaining happiness and safety. " That all power is naturally vested in, and consequently derived from the people. That magistrates are their trustees and agents, and at all times amenable to them. " That the powers of government may be re-assumed by the... | |
| Henry St. George Tucker - Natural law - 1844 - 372 pages
...sovereignty of the people. By the second and the third articles of the bill of rights of Virginia it is declared " that all power is vested in and consequently derived from the people ; that government is or ought to be instituted for their common benefit ; and that when it is found inadequate... | |
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