Democracy, Liberty, and Property: Readings in the American Political TraditionFrancis William Coker |
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... equal rights and equal duties will in a just sense , I hope , be inferred from it . But equal ranks and equal property never can be inferred from it , any more than equal understanding , agility , vigor , or beauty . Equal laws are all ...
... equal rights and equal duties will in a just sense , I hope , be inferred from it . But equal ranks and equal property never can be inferred from it , any more than equal understanding , agility , vigor , or beauty . Equal laws are all ...
Page 600
... equal in rights and the mass of the population had none . The theory of natural rights and of equal rights was a revolt against the mediaeval theory . It was asserted that men did not have to wait for a king to grant them rights ; they ...
... equal in rights and the mass of the population had none . The theory of natural rights and of equal rights was a revolt against the mediaeval theory . It was asserted that men did not have to wait for a king to grant them rights ; they ...
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... equal " and " governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed . " There were critics ready to point out that these high principles did not square with slavery , indentured servitude , and political disfranchisement ...
... equal " and " governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed . " There were critics ready to point out that these high principles did not square with slavery , indentured servitude , and political disfranchisement ...
Contents
PREFACE | 1 |
From A Modell of Christian Charity 1603 | 17 |
THE FUNDAMENTAL AGREEMENT OF NEW HAVEN 1639 | 26 |
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