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They hold their offices during good behaviour . The supreme court at present
consists of one chief justice and six associate judges , and holds its sittings once
a year at the seat of government . There is in each state one , and in some two ...
They hold their offices during good behaviour . The supreme court at present
consists of one chief justice and six associate judges , and holds its sittings once
a year at the seat of government . There is in each state one , and in some two ...
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We hold these truths to be self - evident : -that all men are created equal ; that
they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights ; that among
these are life , liberty , and the pursuit of happiness . That to secure these rights ...
We hold these truths to be self - evident : -that all men are created equal ; that
they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights ; that among
these are life , liberty , and the pursuit of happiness . That to secure these rights ...
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We must , therefore , acquiesce in the necessity which denounces our separation
, and hold them , as we hold the rest of mankind - enemies in war , in peace
friends . We , therefore , the representatives of the United States of America , in ...
We must , therefore , acquiesce in the necessity which denounces our separation
, and hold them , as we hold the rest of mankind - enemies in war , in peace
friends . We , therefore , the representatives of the United States of America , in ...
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Antipathy in one nation against another , disposes each more readily to offer
insult and injury , to lay hold of slight causes of umbrage , and to be haughty and
intractable , when accidental or trifling occasions of dispute occur . Hence
frequent ...
Antipathy in one nation against another , disposes each more readily to offer
insult and injury , to lay hold of slight causes of umbrage , and to be haughty and
intractable , when accidental or trifling occasions of dispute occur . Hence
frequent ...
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I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs , that honesty
is always the best policy . I repeat it , therefore , let those engagements be
observed in their genuine sense . But in my opinion , it is unnecessary , and
would be ...
I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs , that honesty
is always the best policy . I repeat it , therefore , let those engagements be
observed in their genuine sense . But in my opinion , it is unnecessary , and
would be ...
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Seite 60 - All bills of credit emitted, moneys borrowed, and debts contracted, by or under the authority of congress, before the assembling of the United States, in pursuance of the present confederation, shall be deemed. and considered as a charge against the United States, for payment and satisfaction whereof, the said United States, and the public faith, are hereby solemnly pledged.
Seite 45 - In Congress, July 4, 1776 The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires...
Seite 86 - Respect for its authority, compliance with its laws, acquiescence in its measures, are duties enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true "liberty. -The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. — But, the constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all.
Seite 53 - Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court, or place out of Congress...
Seite 57 - States — regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians not members of any of the states; provided that the legislative right of any state within its own limits be not infringed or violated...
Seite 86 - No alliances, however strict, between the parts can be an adequate substitute; they must inevitably experience the infractions and interruptions which all alliances in all times have experienced.
Seite 84 - The West derives from the East supplies requisite to its growth and comfort -and what is perhaps of still greater consequence, it must of necessity owe the secure enjoyment of indispensable outlets for its own productions to the weight, influence, and the future maritime strength of the Atlantic side of the Union, directed by an indissoluble community of interest as one nation.
Seite 55 - States shall be divided or appropriated ; of granting letters of marque and reprisal in times of peace, appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and establishing courts for receiving and determining finally appeals in all cases of captures, provided that no member of Congress shall be appointed a judge of any of the said courts.
Seite 94 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?
Seite 92 - It leads also to concessions to the favorite nation of privileges denied to others, which is apt doubly to injure the nation making the concessions ; by unnecessarily parting with what ought to have been retained ; and by exciting jealousy, ill will, and a disposition to retaliate, in the parties from whom equal privileges are withheld : and it gives to ambitious, corrupted or deluded citizens, (who devote themselves to the favorite nation...
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| Titel | A Brief View of the Constitution of the United States: Addressed to the Law Academy of Philadelphia |
| Autor/in | Peter Stephen Du Ponceau |
| Verlag | E.G. Dorsey, printer, 1834 |
| Original von | University of Michigan |
| Digitalisiert | 22. Aug. 2006 |
| Länge | 106 Seiten |
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