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State Constitutions for the Twenty-first Century, Volume 3: The Agenda of ... - Page 21
edited by - 2012 - 380 pages
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A History of Virginia from Its Discovery Till the Year 1781: With ...

John Wilson Campbell, Moses Hoge - 1813 - 322 pages
...people; that magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all. times amenable to them. III. That government is, or ought to be, instituted for...and security of the people, nation, or community. Of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best which is capable of producing the greatest...
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Select American Speeches: Forensic and Parliamentary, with ..., Volume 1

Stephen Cullen Carpenter - 1815 - 514 pages
...clause of the bill of rights of Virginia, which relates to that point. Here Mr. Henry read as follows: " Government is, or ought to be instituted for the common...and security of the people, nation, or community: of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best, which is capable of producing the greatest...
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Journal, acts and proceedings, of the convention ... which formed the ...

United States federal convention - 1819 - 524 pages
...magistrates therefore are their trustees and agents, and at all times amenable to them. in. That government ought to be instituted for the, common benefit, protection, and security of the people , and that the doctrine of non-resistance against arbitrary power and oppression is absurd, slavish,...
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Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America: Or, An Attempt to Collect ...

Hezekiah Niles - 1822 - 526 pages
...servants, and at all times amenable to them. 3. That government is, or ought to be, instituted "or the common benefit, protection and security of the people, nation, or community. Of all the various modes and forms of government, that i« best, which is capable of producing the...
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Eloquence of the United States, Volume 1

1827 - 526 pages
...democracy r Let me read that clause of the Bill of Rights of Virginia which relates to this : 3d clause ; " That, government is, or ought to be, instituted for...and security of the people, nation, or community. Of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best, which is capable of producing the greatest...
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Eloquence of the United States, Volume 1

1827 - 532 pages
...? Let me read that clause of the Bill of Rights of Virginia which relates to this : 3d clause ; ki That, government is, or ought to be, instituted for...and security of the people, nation, or community. Of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best, which is capable of producing the greatest...
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The Register of Pennsylvania: Devoted to the Preservation of Facts ..., Volume 4

Samuel Hazard - 1828 - 436 pages
...legislative or executive, lire their trustees and servants, and at all times accountable to them. 5th, That government is, or ought to be, instituted for...not for the particular • emolument or advantage df any single man, family or set of men who are a part only of that community: And that the community...
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A Political and Civil History of the United States of America ..., Volume 2

Timothy Pitkin - 1828 - 552 pages
...magistrates were their trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them. — That government was, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit,...security of the people, nation, or community, and that form the best, which was capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety, and...
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Hazard's Register of Pennsylvania: Devoted to the Preservation of ..., Volume 4

Samuel Hazard - 1829 - 460 pages
...trustees and servants, and at all times accountable to them. 3th, That government is, or ought to be1, instituted for the common benefit, protection and...and not for the particular emolument or advantage ot any single man, family or set of men who are a part only of that cornmuniiy: And that tb,e community...
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Proceedings and Debates of the Virginia State Convention of ..., Pages 94-830

Virginia. Constitutional Convention - 1890 - 928 pages
...affairs of mankind. It meet* my most hearty approbation, and exalted admiration. The third section is : " That Government is, or ought to be, instituted for...and security, of the people, nation, or community : of all the various modes and forms of Government, that is best, which in capable of producing the...
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