...equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated. safety. SEC. 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." How do we justify the trampling of the property rights of those persons who own land in the...

...rights, of which they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; among which are, the ENJOYMENT OF LIFE AND LIBERTY, with the means of acquiring...happiness and safety. 2. That all power is vested in, and consequetly derived from, the People; that magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all...

...Jefferson's Declaration: "that all men . . . have certain inherent natural rights . . . among which are the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety."6 The Virginia statement on rights was copied almost verbatim into the revolutionary Pennsylvania...

...by nature equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights," which were defined as "the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." More important still, the Virginia Declaration went on to offer a list of specific rights...

...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...their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and Other states drafted and ratified very similar constitutional provisions. The states clearly embraced...

...des Bundes oder anderer Demokratien, so schon in der Virgina Declaration of Rights von 1776 (Section 2): „That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; [...]"; und Article 3 der französischen Verfassung lautet: „La souverainete nationale appartient...

...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 Declaration went on to specify the rights of the people to vote and to run for office,...

...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 I, Section i). Subsequent provisions of the Virginia Bill of Rights go on to declare...

...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. Unabhängigkeitserklärung der USA v. 4.7.1776: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that...