 That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with...  Indiana: A Redemption from Slavery - Page 222by Jacob Piatt Dunn - 1888 - 453 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Education - 1879 - 480 pages
...in a state of savagery and ignorance, does not leave society and the individual to the free use and enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property and pursuing happiness and safety. History and present observation have also certainly taught government there are... | |
 | Law - 1881 - 982 pages
...the which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity, — namely, the enjoyment of life...property and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." The Virginia Bill was the work of George Mason, a man deeply versed in English parliamentary... | |
 | Bernard Janin Sage - Constitutional history - 1881 - 656 pages
...rights, of which, when thcy enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; that magistrates... | |
 | Law - 1881 - 1014 pages
...the which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity, — namely, the enjoyment of life...property and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." The Virginia Bill was the work of George Mason, a man deeply versed in English parliamentary... | |
 | Arthur Gilman - History - 1883 - 706 pages
...rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. II. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people ; that magistrates... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - Virginia - 1883 - 594 pages
...cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity." And these rights are named : they are " the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." All power, he says, is " vested in and consequently derived from the people;" and " magistrates... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - Virginia - 1883 - 578 pages
...cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity." And these rights are named : they are " the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing prop erty, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." All power, he says, is " vested in and... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1884 - 484 pages
...rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. " All power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people ; magistrates are their... | |
 | West Virginia - Law - 1884 - 994 pages
...rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity, namely : the enjoyment of life and...the means of acquiring and possessing property, and of pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. All power is vested in, and consequently derived... | |
 | West Virginia. Department of Health - Public health - 1884 - 40 pages
...rights, of which when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity, namely, the enjoyment of life and...the means of acquiring and possessing property, and of pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." The law we are considering is claimed to conflict... | |
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