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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... "
Pictorial Life of George Washington: Embracing Anecdotes, Illustrative of ... - Page 176
by Horatio Hastings Weld - 1846 - 214 pages
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The Universalist Quarterly and General Review, Volume 19

Universalism - 1862 - 462 pages
...maxims of true liberty. The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government ; but the...obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government, pre-supposes the duty of every individual to obey...
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Public Laws of the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations: As ...

Rhode Island - Law - 1844 - 612 pages
...1. In the words of the Father of his Country, we declare, that " the basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and alter their constitutions of government ; but that the constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the...
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Might and Right

Frances Harriet Green - Dorr Rebellion, 1842 - 1844 - 340 pages
...free inheritance." Washington, in his Farewell Address, says, " The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and alter their constitutions of government." Did Washington mean such people as are made at our Town-Meeting-Manufactories of men ': Did he not...
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The American Politican: Containing the Declaration of Independence, the ...

M. Sears - Statesmen - 1844 - 582 pages
...maxims of true liberty. The basis of our political system 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....
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The Whig Almanac and United States Register for ...

Almanacs, American - 1844 - 468 pages
...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....
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An Essay on Elocution: With Elucidatory Passages from Various Authors. To ...

John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1845 - 492 pages
...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...obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government, pre-supposes the duty of every individual to obey...
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The Elements of Morality: Including Polity, Volume 2

William Whewell - Ethics - 1845 - 440 pages
...political Systems is the Right of the People to make and alter their Constitutions of Government: but that the Constitution which at any time exists, till changed...the whole People, is sacredly obligatory upon all." And in accordance with this feeling, the Members of the General Legislatures, and of the respective...
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The Elements of Morality: Including Polity, Volume 2

William Whewell - Ethics - 1845 - 442 pages
...words of the Father of his Country (Washington), we declare that the basis of our political Systems is the Right of the People to make and alter their Constitutions of Government : but that the Constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the...
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The Constitution of the United States of America: The Proximate Causes of ...

William Hickey - Constitutional history - 1846 - 396 pages
...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...obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power, and the right of die people to establish Government, pre-supposes the duty of every individual to obey...
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The Addresses and Messages of the Presidents of the United States ..., Volume 1

United States. President - Presidents - 1846 - 766 pages
...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...obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government, presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the...
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