 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...  The American Law Journal - Page 487by John Elihu Hall - 1817Full view - About this book
 | Francis Newton Thorpe - 1909 - 662 pages
...revised and amended Constitution for the government of the Commonwealth : ARTICLE I BILL OF RIGHTS A DECLARATION OF RIGHTS, MADE BY THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOOD PEOPLE OF 1 me. IMA ASSEMIII.KD IN FUI.I. AND FREE CONVENTION; WHICH RIGHTS DO PERTAIN TO THEM AND THEIR POSTERITY,... | |
 | Sidney Z. Ehler, John B. Morrall - 1967 - 646 pages
...corporations of Virginia, held at the Capitol in the City of Williamsburg on Monday the 6th May, 1776. A Declaration of Rights made by the representatives...posterity, as the basis and foundation of government. ... 1 6. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1989 - 1312 pages
...example. C-3 APPENDIX D, TO STATEMENT BY LAWYERS FOR THE JUDICIARY Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776) A declaration of rights made by the representatives...posterity, as the basis and foundation of government: Section 1. That all men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights,... | |
 | Stephen L. Schechter - 1990 - 478 pages
...1973-1983. [The Virginia Declaration of Rights and Constitution] [1776] [THE VIRGINIA DECLARATION OF RIGHTS] A DECLARATION of RIGHTS made by the representatives...posterity, as the basis and foundation of government. 1. That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which,... | |
 | Colin Bonwick - 1991 - 354 pages
...held at the Capitol in the City of \Villiamsburg on Monday the 6th May 1776. A Declaration of Rig/its made by the representatives of the good people of...posterity, as the basis and foundation of government. \. That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which,... | |
 | Dale Van Kley - 1994 - 460 pages
...those rights of the people which could never be divested by any compact. Hence the formulation of the "DECLARATION OF RIGHTS made by the Representatives of the good people of VIRGINIA . . . which rights do pertain to them and their posterity, as the basis and foundation of Government."... | |
 | Lance Banning - 1995 - 264 pages
...laws for the human mind." 1. The Virginia Declaration of Rights June 12, 1776 A DECLARATION o/RIGHTS made by the representatives of the good people of...posterity, as the basis and foundation of government. 1. That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which,... | |
 | Gary L. McDowell, L. Sharon Noble, Sharon L. Noble - 1997 - 350 pages
...with a directness that has seldom been imitated, Mason set down for Virginians those rights "which ... do pertain to them, and their posterity, as the basis and foundation of government."6 Jefferson's own constitutional model for the Convention shows that his mind and Mason's... | |
 | Andy Williams - 1998 - 230 pages
...our fortunes, and our sacred honour. 182 Appendix 2 The Virginia Bill of Rights Adopted June 12, 1776 A declaration of rights made by the representatives...posterity, as the basis and foundation of government. Section 1 That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights,... | |
 | Gary Kates - 1998 - 377 pages
...those rights of the people which could never be divested by any compact. Hence the formulation of the "DECLARATION OF RIGHTS made by the Representatives of the good people of VIRGINIA.. . which rights do pertain to them and their posterity, as the basis and foundation of Government."... | |
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