 | Bruce Burgett - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 222 pages
...right of the people to make and alter their Constitutions of Government," "But,' the "Address adds, "the Constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of tlie whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and the right of the... | |
 | George Washington - 1998 - 40 pages
...fundamental maxims of true liberty. The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. But the Constitution which at any time exists, until changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all.... | |
 | George Washington - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 142 pages
...Vernon, November 10, 1787 The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and alter their constitutions of government. But the constitution...the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all. Farewell Address, Philadelphia, September 19, 1796 Valley Forge No history now extant can furnish an... | |
 | Harry V. Jaffa - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 212 pages
...fundamental maxims of true liberty. The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and alter their constitutions of government. But the constitution...and authentic act of the whole people is sacredly obliga1 10 Writings of Thomas Jefferson 267 (Ford ed., 1892-99). 1 Especially in Tom Paine's Common... | |
 | Richard Dowis - Business & Economics - 2000 - 292 pages
...make and to alter the constitutions of government. But the constitution which at any time exists until changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people is sacredly obligatory upon all. . . . withstand tlre enterprises of faction, to confine each member of society within tne limits prescribed... | |
 | Lewis Copeland, Lawrence W. Lamm, Stephen J. McKenna - History - 1999 - 978 pages
...exists, until changed hy an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly ohligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and the right of the people to estahlish a government presupposes the duty of every individual to ohey the estahlished government.... | |
 | Diane Ravitch - Reference - 2000 - 662 pages
...fundamental maxims of true liberty. The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. But...the people to establish government presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government. . . . Toward the preservation of your... | |
 | Lucas E. Morel - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 272 pages
...acquiescence in its measures, are duties enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true Liberty. . . . But the Constitution which at any time exists, 'till...the whole People, is sacredly obligatory upon all." "Farewell Address (19 September 1796)," George Washington: A Collection, 518. 23. "Inaugural Address... | |
 | Jim F. Watts, Fred L. Israel - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 416 pages
...fundamental maxims of true liberty. The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. But...at any time exists till changed by an explicit and authenticact of the whole people is sacredly obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and the... | |
 | David E. Kyvig - Political Science - 2000 - 276 pages
...Washington spoke for the founding generation as well as himself when he said that the Constitution till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all. . . . This Government, the offspring of our own choice, uninfluenced and unawed, adopted upon full... | |
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The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government ; but the constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory... 
