The American Politician; Containing the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, the Inaugural and First Annual Addresses and Messages of All the Presidents, and Other Important State Papers; Together with a Selection of ... Statistical Tables, and Biographical Notices of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, the Several Presidents, Etc. Third EditionE. Leland and W. J. Whiting, 1842 - 552 pages |
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... happiness ; that , to secure these rights , governments are instituted among men , deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed ; and that , whenever any form of government becomes destruc- tive of these ends , it is the ...
... happiness ; that , to secure these rights , governments are instituted among men , deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed ; and that , whenever any form of government becomes destruc- tive of these ends , it is the ...
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... happiness of the people of the United States a government instituted by themselves for these essential purposes , and may enable every instrument employed in its administration to execute with success the functions allotted to his ...
... happiness of the people of the United States a government instituted by themselves for these essential purposes , and may enable every instrument employed in its administration to execute with success the functions allotted to his ...
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... happiness ; between duty and advan- tage ; between the genuine maxims of an honest and mag- nanimous policy and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity ; since we ought to be no less persuaded that the propitious smiles of ...
... happiness ; between duty and advan- tage ; between the genuine maxims of an honest and mag- nanimous policy and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity ; since we ought to be no less persuaded that the propitious smiles of ...
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... happiness . In one in which the measures of gov- ernment receive their impressions so immediately from the sense of the community as in ours , it is proportionably essential . To the security of a free constitution it con- tributes in ...
... happiness . In one in which the measures of gov- ernment receive their impressions so immediately from the sense of the community as in ours , it is proportionably essential . To the security of a free constitution it con- tributes in ...
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... happiness of the people of these states , under the auspices of liberty , may be made complete , by so careful a preservation , and so prudent a use of this blessing as will acquire to them the glory of recommending it to the applause ...
... happiness of the people of these states , under the auspices of liberty , may be made complete , by so careful a preservation , and so prudent a use of this blessing as will acquire to them the glory of recommending it to the applause ...
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