 All men are by nature free and independent, and have certain inalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty; acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; and pursuing and obtaining safety- and happiness.  Year Book - Page 69by New Jersey State Bar Association - 1906Full view - About this book
 | 1821 - 454 pages
...free and independent, and have certain natural, inherent and unalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring,...and of pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness. See. 2. All power is inherent in the people; all free governments are founded in their authorty, and... | |
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - Law reports, digests, etc - 1911 - 704 pages
...employe have correlative rights; they appear in our constitution in the clause "among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring,...and of pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness." And there is no law applicable to the one that does not with equal force apply to the other. There... | |
 | Maine. Legislature - 1840 - 1264 pages
...OF RIGHTS. SEC. 1. All men are born equally free and independent, and have certain natural, inherent and (inalienable rights, among which are those of...and of pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness. SEC. 2. All power is inherent in the people ; all free governments are founded in their authority and... | |
 | Maine. Legislature - 1842 - 1068 pages
...free and independent, and have certain natural, inherent and unalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring,...and of pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness. SECT. 2. All power is inherent in the people; all free governments are founded in their authority and... | |
 | Maine - Law - 1841 - 922 pages
...rights, and have certain natural, inherent and unalienable rights, among \ Greenli Tn. which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring,...and of pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness. SECT. 2. All power is inherent in the people ; all free govern- All power inhements are founded in... | |
 | New Jersey - Session laws - 1842 - 1396 pages
...succeeding generations, do ordain and establish this constitution. ARTICLE I. RIGHTS AND PHIVILEGES. 1. All men are by nature free and independent, and have...and of pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness. 2. All political power is inherent in the people. Government is instituted for the protection, security,... | |
 | Maine. Legislature. Senate - Parliamentary practice - 1842 - 130 pages
...free and independent, and have certain natural, inherent and unalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring,...and of pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness. SECT. 3. All men have a natural and unalienable right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates... | |
 | Alvan Stewart, New Jersey. Supreme Court - African Americans - 1845 - 60 pages
...nature free and independent, and have certain natural and unalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring,...and of pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness." It was supposed there were from seven hundred to one thousand slaves, and from twenty-five hundred... | |
 | New York (State). Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1846 - 410 pages
...nature free and independent, and have certain natural and unalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring,...and of pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness. II. All political power is inherent in the people. Government is instituted for the protection, security,... | |
 | Jonathan French - United States - 1847 - 506 pages
...nature free and independent, and have certain natural and unalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring,...and of pursuing and obtaining safety and. happiness. 2. All political power is inherent in the people. Government is instituted for the protection, security... | |
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