Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788: And the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... liberty of independant states ; this is the liberty of every man out of society , and who has a mind to live so ; which liberty is only abridged in certain instances , not lost to those who are born in or voluntarily enter into society ...
... liberty of independant states ; this is the liberty of every man out of society , and who has a mind to live so ; which liberty is only abridged in certain instances , not lost to those who are born in or voluntarily enter into society ...
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... LIBERTY 1 October 1785 An Act for establishing Religious Freedom . I. WHEREAS Almighty God hath created the mind free ; that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burthens , or by civil incapacitations , tend only to ...
... LIBERTY 1 October 1785 An Act for establishing Religious Freedom . I. WHEREAS Almighty God hath created the mind free ; that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burthens , or by civil incapacitations , tend only to ...
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... liberty . Guard with jealous attention the public liberty . Suspect every one who approaches that jewel . Unfortunately , nothing will preserve it but downright force . Whenever you give up that force you are inevitably ruined . I am ...
... liberty . Guard with jealous attention the public liberty . Suspect every one who approaches that jewel . Unfortunately , nothing will preserve it but downright force . Whenever you give up that force you are inevitably ruined . I am ...
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