| Charles Henry Winston, Thomas Randolph Price, D. Lee Powell, John Meredith Strother, H. H. Harris, John P. McGuire, Rodes Massie, William Fayette Fox, Harry Fishburne Estill (F.), Richard Ratcliffe Farr, John Lee Buchanan, George R. Pace - Education - 1884 - 1242 pages
...of government. 1 . That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inhere! rights, of which, when they enter into a state of...posterity, namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, will the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.... | |
| John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Martha Joanna Lamb, Nathan Gillett Pond - United States - 1884 - 614 pages
...free and independent, and have certain inherent rights of which they cannot by any compact deprive their posterity," namely, " the enjoyment of life...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." All the powers of society are " vested in, and consequently derived from, the people ; " and... | |
| Illinois State Board of Health - Public health - 1885 - 692 pages
...constitution. Article 8 of our constitution, our bill of rights, section 1 (Acts of ±872-3, page 5), provides that "All men are by nature equally free and independent,...the means of acquiring and possessing property, and of pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." The law we are considering is claimed to conflict... | |
| 1885 - 696 pages
...constitution. Article 8 of our constitution, our bill of rights, section 1 (Acts of 1872-8, page 5), provides that "All men are by nature equally free and independent,...the means of acquiring and possessing property, and of pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." The law we are considering is claimed to conflict... | |
| West Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals, Edgar P. Rucker - Law reports, digests, etc - 1885 - 940 pages
...Article IH of our constitution, our bill of rights, section 1 (see Acts of 1872-3, p. 5), provides that "all men are by nature equally free and independent...inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state ot society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity, namely: The enjoyment of... | |
| Howard Willis Preston - History - 1886 - 336 pages
...Convention, which rights do pertain to them and their posterity as the basis and foundation of government. I. That all men are by nature equally free and independent,...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. II. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people ; that magistrates... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1911 - 1146 pages
...happiness, without regal interference. That document provided: "That all men are by nature equally free, Independent, and have certain inherent rights, of...of acquiring and possessing property and pursuing happiness and safety." 1 Revised Code of Virginia 1819, p. 31. This conception of life and liberty... | |
| George Bancroft - United States - 1886 - 486 pages
...posterity, as the basis and foundation of government : " All men are by nature equally free, and have inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. " All power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people ; magistrates are their... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 896 pages
...independent, and have certain inherent rights of which, when they enter into a state of society, they can not by any compact deprive or divest their posterity,...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." And of this he said: "To deprive a citizen of any property already acquired, without a fair... | |
| Howard Willis Preston - History - 1886 - 344 pages
...Convention, which rights do pertain to them and their posterity as the basis and foundation of government. I. That all men are by nature equally free and independent,...they enter into a state of society, they cannot by 2O7 any compact, deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with... | |
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