 | Jason Pierceson - Law - 2005 - 268 pages
...194, 229. 18. Baker, 170 Vt. 194,200-201. 19. Chapter I, Article 7 of the Vermont Constitution states: "government is, or ought to be, instituted for the...the particular emolument or advantage of any single person, family, or set of persons, who are a part only of that community." 20. Baker, 170Vt. 194,207.... | |
 | United States. President - United States - 1917 - 564 pages
...government was set up was everywhere amongst us accepted as the creed of free men. That doctrine is, "That government is, or ought to be, instituted for...and security of the people, nation, or community"; that "of all the various modes and forms of government, that is the best which is capable of producing... | |
 | Georg Nolte - Law - 2005 - 336 pages
...philosophers such as John Locke and William Blackstone.33 The Virginia Bill of Rights of 1 776 proclaims: 'That government is, or ought to be, instituted for...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... | |
 | Don Hawkinson - Character - 2005 - 470 pages
...and obtaining happiness and safety."17 Believed Mason, "Government, is, or ought to be an institution for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community."19 Mason believed that life, liberty and property were central human rights. Mason regarded... | |
 | Ellen Ann Andersen - Political Science - 2009 - 312 pages
...relationships with the children of the household. 28. The Common Benefits Clause reads as follows: "That government is, or ought to be, instituted for...or advantage of any single man, family, or set of persons who are a part only of that community" (VT Constitution, Ch. i, Art. 7). 29. The state actually... | |
 | Kathleen E. Hull - Social Science - 2006
...from the marriage statutes violated the Common Benefits Clause of the state constitution, which states that "government is, or ought to be, instituted for...the particular emolument or advantage of any single person, family, or set of persons, who are a part only of that community." The lawyers for the couples... | |
 | G. Alan Tarr, Robert F. Williams - Political Science - 2012 - 382 pages
...general equality provision is the Common Benefits Clause of the Vermont Constitution, which states: That government is, or ought to be, instituted for...the particular emolument or advantage of any single person, family, or set of persons, who are a part only of that community.63 Only a few states have... | |
 | William Stacy Johnson - Religion - 2006 - 341 pages
...Battle for Gay Marriage (New York: Harcourt, 2004). 93. The "common benefits" section provides, in part, "that government is, or ought to be, instituted for...the particular emolument or advantage of any single person, family, or set of persons, who are a part only of that community" (Vermont Constitution, Chapter... | |
 | Bob Gingrich - History - 2006 - 261 pages
...from, the People; that magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them. That government is, or ought to be, instituted for...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... | |
 | Bob Gingrich - History - 2006 - 262 pages
...from, the People; that magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them. That government is, or ought to be, instituted for...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... | |
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