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... created or granted by the constitu- tion , when , in fact , the only object of a constitution is to provide an agency of preserving and protect- ing rights previously existing . The constitution is the source of power to those who ...
... created or granted by the constitu- tion , when , in fact , the only object of a constitution is to provide an agency of preserving and protect- ing rights previously existing . The constitution is the source of power to those who ...
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... created equal , endowed with certain inalienable rights , and that to secure these rights governments were instituted among men . Government is , then , in a sense , an institution of God , designed and intended to preserve and pro ...
... created equal , endowed with certain inalienable rights , and that to secure these rights governments were instituted among men . Government is , then , in a sense , an institution of God , designed and intended to preserve and pro ...
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... , which commenced with the fundamental proposition that " All men are created equal ; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights ; that among these are life , liberty and 80 THE LEGALIZED OUTLAW.
... , which commenced with the fundamental proposition that " All men are created equal ; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights ; that among these are life , liberty and 80 THE LEGALIZED OUTLAW.
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... created equal ; that they are endowed by their Creator with cer- tain inalienable rights ; that among these are life , liberty and the pursuit of happiness . ' Here again we have the great three - fold division of the rights of freemen ...
... created equal ; that they are endowed by their Creator with cer- tain inalienable rights ; that among these are life , liberty and the pursuit of happiness . ' Here again we have the great three - fold division of the rights of freemen ...
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... created equal ; they are endowed by Almighty God with certain inalienable rights , among which are life , liberty and the pursuit of happiness . ” The United States Supreme Court has said that , among these inalienable rights " is the ...
... created equal ; they are endowed by Almighty God with certain inalienable rights , among which are life , liberty and the pursuit of happiness . ” The United States Supreme Court has said that , among these inalienable rights " is the ...
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Page 214 - To what purpose are powers limited, and to what purpose is that limitation committed to writing, if these limits may at any time be passed by those intended to be restrained ? The distinction between a government with limited and unlimited powers is abolished if those limits do not confine the persons on whom they are imposed, and if acts prohibited and acts allowed are of equal obligation.
Page 3 - They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak; They are slaves who will not choose Hatred, scoffing, and abuse, Rather than in silence shrink From the truth they needs must think; They are slaves who dare not be In the right with two or three.
Page 59 - If slavery is right, all words, acts, laws, and constitutions against it are themselves wrong, and should be silenced and swept away. If it is right, we cannot justly object to its nationality— its universality; if it is wrong, they cannot justly insist upon its extension— its enlargement.
Page 295 - God give us men! A time like this demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith, and ready hands. Men whom the lust of office does not kill; Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy; Men who possess opinions and a will; Men who have honor; men who will not lie...
Page 26 - It is maintained by the advocates of the bank that its constitutionality in all its features ought to be considered as settled by precedent, and by the decision of the supreme court. To this conclusion, I cannot assent. Mere precedent is a dangerous source of authority, and should not be regarded as deciding questions of constitutional power, except where the acquiescence of the people and the states can be considered as well settled.
Page 244 - Anything which is injurious to health, or is indecent, or offensive to the senses, or an obstruction to the free use of property, so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property...
Page 126 - The police of a State, in a comprehensive sense, embraces its whole system of internal regulation, by which the State seeks, not only to preserve the public order, and to prevent offenses against the State, but also to establish for the intercourse of citizens with citizens those rules of good manners and good neighborhood which are calculated to prevent a conflict of rights, and to insure to each the uninterrupted enjoyment of his own so far as is reasonably consistent with a like enjoyment of rights...
Page 224 - Municipal law, thus understood, is properly defined to be "a rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state, commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong.
Page 152 - That government," says Story, "can scarcely be deemed to be free where the rights of property are left solely dependent upon the will of a legislative body without any restraint. The fundamental maxims of a free government seem to require that the rights of personal liberty and private property should be held sacred.
Page 187 - And what a noble ally this to the cause of political freedom; with such an aid its march cannot fail to be on and on, till every son of earth shall drink in rich fruition the sorrow-quenching draughts of perfect liberty.