All men are born equally free and independent, and have certain natural, inherent and unalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and of pursuing and obtaining safety... Laws - Side 28av Maine - 1822Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| Samuel Hazard, John Blair Linn, William Henry Egle, George Edward Reed, Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Gertrude MacKinney, Charles Francis Hoban - 1856 - 514 sider
...RIGHTS of the INHABITANTS of the COMMON WEALTH or STATE of PENNSYLVANIA. SECTION THE FIRST. That all Men are born equally free -and independent, and have certain natural, inherent and unalienable Rights amongst which are the enjoying and defending Life and Liberty, acquiring, possessing and protecting... | |
| Jonathan French - 1857 - 594 sider
...ARTICLE 1. Rights and Privileges. 1. All men are by nature free and independent, and have certain natural and unalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying...and of pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness. 2. All political power is inherent in the people. Government is instituted for the protection, security... | |
| Iowa, Iowa. Constitutional Convention - 1857 - 656 sider
...section was then read, as follows : " All men are, by nature, free and independent, and have certain unalienable rights — among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing arid protecting property, aud in pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness." There being... | |
| Theodore Sedgwick - 1857 - 770 sider
...political truths essential to the existence of free government. As, for instance, in Maine :* " All men are born equally free and independent, and have certain natural, inherent, and individual rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring property,... | |
| Dan King - 1859 - 376 sider
...born equally free and independent, have certain natural and inalienable rights j among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring,...and of pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness ; " that the people are the source of all legitimate power ; that all governments derive their just... | |
| Alvan Stewart - 1860 - 450 sider
...nature free and independent, and have certain natural and inalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring,...and of pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness." 12* It was supposed there were irom seren hundred to one thousand slaves, and from twenty-five hi.... | |
| Vermont Historical Society - 1921 - 676 sider
...Article I. of the Declaration of Rights, made a part of the Vermont Constitution, reads: "That all men are born equally free and independent, and have...certain natural, inherent and unalienable rights, amongst which are the enjoying and defending life and liberty; acquiring, possessing and protecting... | |
| Rufus Choate - 1862 - 540 sider
...proclaiming that all men " have certain natural inherent and inalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring,...and of pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness." But what are all these sounding abstractions worth, if the studies, and the firmness, and the virtues... | |
| Taliaferro Preston Shaffner - 1862 - 438 sider
...Vermont was framed July 4th, 1793, and amended in June, 1828. The first article declares — "That all men are born equally free and independent, and have...certain natural, inherent, and unalienable rights : amongst which are the enjoying and defending life and liberty ; acquiring, possessing, and protecting... | |
| John Codman Hurd - 1862 - 854 sider
...Papers, 8vo. ed. 1823. the rights of the inhabitants of the State of Vermont. Art. 1. "That all men arc born equally free and independent, and have certain natural, inherent, and unalienable rights, amongst which are the enjoying and defending life and liberty ; acquiring, possessing, and protecting... | |
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