 | William F. Jr Cox - 2004 - 558 pages
...The preamble to the French Constitution of 1791 likewise affirms the equality of all men: "Men are born, and always continue, free and equal in respect of their rights" (Abernethy, 1959, p. 156). Reflecting on the revolution in France leading up to the development of... | |
 | Nick O'Neill, Simon Rice, Roger Douglas - 2004 - 804 pages
...inalienable rights" as the "sacred rights of men and citizens". These included the following: I. Men are born, and always continue free and equal in respect of their rights . . . II. The end of all political associations is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptable... | |
 | Henry George - 2006 - 269 pages
...hope of Hto blessing and favor, the following sacred rights of men and of citizens : I. Men are bora and always continue free and equal in respect of their rights. Civil distinctions, therefore, can only be founded on public utility. II. The end of all political associations is the preservation of... | |
 | Micheline Ishay - 2007 - 590 pages
...existence of man, and combining moral with political happiness and national prosperity. "I. Men are born, and always continue, free and equal in respect...therefore, can be founded only on public utility. "II. The end of all political associations is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights... | |
 | Marc F. Plattner - 2008 - 184 pages
...the Rights of Man and of the Citizen states in the very first of its seventeeen principles: "Men are born, and always continue, free and equal in respect of their rights." As was emphasized in the preceding chapters, this intimate connection between the rights or freedom... | |
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I. Men are born and always continue free and equal in respect of their rights. Civil distinctions, therefore, can be founded only on public utility. II. The end of all political associations is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights... 
