 | Ronald J. Pestritto, Thomas G. West - 2003 - 304 páginas
...the property they earn. The Virginia Declaration of Rights names, among the rights of all men, "the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property." 44 In the Founders' world, the laws of old Europe, and to some extent even American law, favored established... | |
 | F. Forrester Church - 2004 - 182 páginas
...foundation of government. SECTION I That all men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a...acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.... SECTION XV That no free government, or the blessings of liberty,... | |
 | William F. Jr Cox - 2004 - 558 páginas
...Bill first specifies: 1. That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights of which, when they enter into a state...acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the... | |
 | Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred Dycus Miller, Jeffrey Paul - 2004 - 468 páginas
...adopted in 1776, is typical: "That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a...acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." Article 16 reads: "That religion, or the duty which we owe to our... | |
 | Daniel L. Dreisbach, Mark David Hall, Jeffry H. Morrison - 2004 - 340 páginas
...foundation of Government. 1. That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a...acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the... | |
 | David G. Ritchie - 2002 - 328 páginas
...The Virginians declare— " That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a...acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. " That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people;... | |
 | David L. Faigman - 2004 - 440 páginas
...for instance, Madison wrote, “all men by nature are equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which when they enter into a state...any compact deprive or divest their posterity.” 32 Madison added the italicized words to exclude slaves, for, according to the prevailing view of the... | |
 | David L. Faigman - 2004 - 440 páginas
...for instance, Madison wrote, “all men by nature are equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which when they enter into a state...any compact deprive or divest their posterity.” 32 Madison added the italicized words to exclude slaves, for, according to the prevailing view of the... | |
 | Lee Ward - 2004 - 478 páginas
...treatment in Virginia, “That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a...any compact, deprive or divest their posterity...” to the more pithy Maryland statement: “That all government of right originates from the people, is... | |
 | Mary Mostert - 2004 - 230 páginas
...Rights, of which they can not by any Compact, deprive or divest their Posterity; among which are the Enjoyment of Life and Liberty, with the Means of acquiring and possessing Property, and pursuing and obtaining Happiness and Safety." The Philadelphia newspapers reported that Thomas Jefferson was assigned... | |
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reported on the 27th of May by George Mason, 4 which proclaims that "All men are by nature equally free, and have inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; namely,... 
