...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...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." Überdies bedarf es eines Wortes der Erklärung, dass ausgerechnet der Verfassung einer Sklavenhaltergesellsch...

...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...property and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." Erklärung der Menschen- und Bürgerrechte in der Französischen Revolution (26. August l789):...

...inherent rights of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact, deprive and divest their posterity, namely, the enjoyment of life...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.« En vaesentlig forskel mellem de to tekster er, at Virginias erkleering taler om lighed i...

...instrumental . . . view."1' The Virginia Declaration of Rights, in 1776, mentioned, as a fundamental right, "the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." This, as Harry Scheiber has pointed out, was not a "defensive" concept of property rights,...

...nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights . . . namely, the enjoyment oflife and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtainmg happiness and safety" (Constitution of Virginia [1776], Declaration of Rights, Section 1,...

...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...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. The phrase "when they enter into a state of society" was understood to limit the language of...

...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...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. "Article 2: That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; that magistrates...

...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...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety, That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the People; that magistrates are...

...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...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety, That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the People; that magistrates are...

...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...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.23 world. See, eg, the views of Johannes Eisermann (1533), John Ponet (1556), Christopher Goodman...