 | Virginia - 1803 - 1026 strani
...they enter into a ftate of fbciety, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divert their pofterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and poilellirg property, and pnrfuing and obtaining happinefs and fafety.-^II. THAT all power is veiled... | |
 | John Wilson Campbell - 1813 - 322 strani
...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 acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing happiness and safety. II. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; that... | |
 | Virginia, William Waller Hening - 1823 - 462 strani
...nature equally free and in- inherent dependent, and have certain inherent rights, of'which, nehwwben they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by...of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. II.. That all power is vested in, and consequently de- Powerof... | |
 | Virginia, William Waller Hening - 1821 - 674 strani
...a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; name-' ly, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently Power of tinderived... | |
 | Isaac Candler - 1824 - 540 strani
..." all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain rights of which they cannot deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring or possessing property." And yet if a citizen of that State wishes to do all in his power towards the... | |
 | Isaac Candler - 1824 - 530 strani
..." all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain rights of which they cannot deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring or possessing property." And yet if a citizen of that State wishes to do all in his power towards the... | |
 | Henry Clay - 1827 - 200 strani
...first section of the Bill of Rights, in the following words : " That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights,...of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness." In pursuance of this principle, the committee find the following provision... | |
 | Timothy Pitkin - 1828 - 562 strani
...which they could not, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity ; that among these was the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety — That all power was vested in and derived from the people, that... | |
 | 1831 - 494 strani
...of rights of Virginia, particularly, ranks in the same class, and secures on the same footing, " the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and obtaining happiness and safety." Surely, this court will not give its sanction to a distinction between... | |
 | Virginia. Constitutional Convention - 1890 - 928 strani
...being. Take the definition of the first article of the Bill of Rights : " All men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights,...; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the mean* of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." it... | |
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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... 
