 | Constitutions - 1843 - 434 pages
...for the government of the same : ARTICLE 1. ' 1. All political power is inherent in the people. 2. Government is instituted for the protection, security,...benefit of the people ; and they have the right at iiH times to alter or reform tho lame, and to abolish one form of government and establish another,... | |
 | New York (State). Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1846 - 410 pages
...men are by nature free and independent, and have certain unalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring,...property, and pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness. 2. All political power is inherent in the people. Government is instituted for the protection, security,... | |
 | Michigan - 1846 - 896 pages
...Political power. 2. Government is instltute(1 for the protection, security, and bene- Right of the pe& fit of the people; and they have the right at all times to alter or re- P 1 ° form the same, and to abolish one form of government and establish another, whenever the... | |
 | Michigan. Legislature. Senate - 1846 - 272 pages
...constitution. The committee fully recognize the doctrine, that ''all men are created equal," and that "government is instituted for the protection, security and benefit of the people;" yet in these broad maxims, they fail to discover either the utility, or the moral or political injunction... | |
 | Michigan. Legislature - Michigan - 1846 - 276 pages
...constitution. The committee fully recognize the doctrine, that -'all men are created equal," and that "government is instituted for the protection, security and benefit of the people;" yet in these broad maxims, they fail to discover either the utility, or the moral or political injunction... | |
 | Iowa - Session laws - 1847 - 856 pages
...men are, by nature, free and independent, and have certain unalienable rights—among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring,...and pursuing and obtaining safety and "happiness. 12 CONSTITUTION OF THE and they have the rjg,h,tj'.at.all times, to alter or reform the same, whenever... | |
 | Illinois - Law - 1847 - 600 pages
...pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness. 2. All political power is inherent in the people, and government is instituted for the protection, security...benefit of the people, and they have the right at a!l times to alter or reform the same, whenever the public good may require it. 3. No person shall... | |
 | William Euen - Education - 1848 - 164 pages
...acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and of pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness. 2. All political power is inherent in the people....and benefit of the people, and they have the right of all times to alter or reform the same, whenever the public good may require it. 3. No person shall... | |
 | John Bigelow - Constitutions - 1848 - 538 pages
...men are by nature free and independent, and have certain inalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring,...property, and pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness. 2. All political power is inherent in the people. Government is instituted for the protection, security,... | |
 | History, Modern - 1849 - 626 pages
...men are by nature free and independent, and have certain inalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring,...property, and pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness. 2. All political power is inherent in the people. Government is instituted for the protection, security,... | |
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All men are by nature free and independent, and have certain inalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty ; acquiring, possessing, and protecting property ; and pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness. SEC.... 
