 | Illinois. Bureau of Labor Statistics - Illinois - 1891 - 504 pages
...United States." And the "Bill of Eights" of this State declares 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... | |
 | Kate Mason Rowland - 1892 - 494 pages
...and their posterity, as the basis and foundation of government. I. That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into APPENDIX. 439 a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity ;... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1892 - 1038 pages
...United States." And the bill of rights of this state declares 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... | |
 | Virginia. General Assembly - Virginia - 1893 - 120 pages
...and their posterity av the basis and 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 state of society, they cannot by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity, namely, the enjoyment... | |
 | Paul Finkelman - Electronic books - 1998 - 360 pages
...the state of New Jersey ratified a new constitution. Article I, section 1, of that document asserted that: "All men are by nature free and independent, and have certain natural and unalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring,... | |
 | Harry V. Jaffa - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 212 pages
...foundation of government. The first article of the aforesaid, asserts 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 posterity; namely, the enjoyment of... | |
 | R. Stephen Humphreys - History - 1999 - 324 pages
...in fact the Virginia Bill of Rights of 1776; see esp. Article I: "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 [my italics]." Quoted... | |
 | Guðmundur S. Alfreðsson, Asbjørn Eide - Political Science - 1999 - 822 pages
...squarely based on natural rights and contract theory. It declares: 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, divest or deprive their posterity ... The Declaration... | |
 | Johannes Morsink - Political Science - 1999 - 400 pages
...which phrases recall Enlightenment ways of thinking. The Virginia Declaration of Rights of 1776 says that "all men are by nature free and independent, and have certain inherent rights," while the American Declaration of Independence asserts that it is "self-evident that all men are created... | |
 | G. Alan Tarr - Law - 2000 - 262 pages
...Defense of a free Government"; and the Virginia Declaration of Rights 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."63 Even provisions... | |
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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... 
