That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with... History of the Life and Times of James Madison - Page 645by William Cabell Rives - 1859 - 683 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Adolphus - Great Britain - 1802 - 570 pages
...inherent natural rights, or which they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divelt their pofterity j among which are the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and potteding property, and pursuing and obtaining haprnrief? and fafety. •i. All power is veiled in,... | |
| John Wilson Campbell, Moses Hoge - Virginia - 1813 - 322 pages
...into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing happiness and safety. II. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; that... | |
| United States federal convention - 1819 - 524 pages
...are certain natural rights of which men, when they form a social compact, cannot deprive or divest their posterity, among which are the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. n. That all power... | |
| Virginia, Virginia. General Assembly - Law - 1821 - 674 pages
...a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; name-' ly, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring...and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently Power of tinderived from, the people; that magistrates... | |
| Virginia, William Waller Hening - Law - 1823 - 462 pages
...into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. II.. That all power is vested in, and consequently de- Powerof rived from, the people; that... | |
| Jeremy Bentham - Crime - 1823 - 310 pages
...certain natural rights, of which men, " when they form a social compact, cannot deprive or divest " their posterity, among which are the enjoyment of life and " liberty, with the means of acquiring, possessing, and pro" tecting property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness " and safety. Not to dwell... | |
| United States. Congress - Law - 1838 - 684 pages
...are certain natural rights, of which men, when they form a social compact, cannut deprive or divest their posterity; among which are the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." "That the powers... | |
| United States. Congress. House - United States - 1826 - 844 pages
...are certain natural rights, of which men, when they form a social compact, cannot deprive or divest their posterity, among which are the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. Second. That... | |
| Henry Clay - 1827 - 200 pages
...into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring...possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness." In pursuance of this principle, the committee find the following provision in the fourth section of... | |
| Timothy Pitkin - United States - 1828 - 562 pages
...which they could not, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity ; that among these was the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety — That all power was vested in and derived from the people, that magistrates were their trustees... | |
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