The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals: it is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants with each citizen and each citizen with the whole people, that all shall be governed by certain laws for the common good. Thomas Jefferson's Views on Public Education - Página 357de John Cleaves Henderson - 1890 - 387 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
| John Codman, Charles Russell Codman, Francis Codman - 1837 - 442 páginas
...reason, especially, can they he expected to relinquish their share in the fundamental principle of our social compact, by which " the whole people covenants...each citizen, and each citizen with the whole people, 414 that all shall be governed by certain laws for the common good." Feeling that they perform their... | |
| Benjamin Dole - 1838 - 52 páginas
...enjoying, in safety and tranquillity, their natural rights, and the blessings of life." " The body-politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals...be governed by certain laws for the common good." In the first, seventh, eighth and eighteenth articles of the Bill of Rights, it is found written :... | |
| Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1845 - 652 páginas
...— The preamble to the constitution of Massachusetts declares, that the body politic is formed by "a social compact, by which the whole people covenants...with the whole people, that all shall be governed by the same laws for the common good." In the constitution of Kentucky, " the representatives of the people... | |
| 1843 - 434 páginas
...safety, prosperity, and happiness. The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individua It is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants with ea citizen, and each citizen with the whole people, that all shall be govern oy certain laws for the... | |
| Massachusetts - 1844 - 416 páginas
...association of in- Body politic, dividuals; it is a social compact, by which the whole people Ilg nature covenants with each citizen, and each citizen with...shall be governed by certain laws for the common good. It is the duty of the people, therefore, in framing a constitution of government, to provide for an... | |
| William Whewell - 1845 - 438 páginas
...others within its compass. And accordingly, this is expressed in the Constitution of Massachusetts: " The body politic is formed by a voluntary association...governed by certain Laws for the common good." The Social Compact, that is, the Constitution, determines the Rights and Obligations, not merely of the... | |
| Massachusetts. General Court. House - 1845 - 1194 páginas
...government, and to take measures necessary for their safety, prosperity and happiness. The body-politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals....shall be governed by certain laws for the common good. It is the duty of the people, therefore, in framing a Constitution of Government, to provide for an... | |
| Massachusetts - 1845 - 860 páginas
...government, and to take measures necessary for their safety, prosperity and happiness. The body-politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals....shall be governed by certain laws for the common good. It is the duty of the people, therefore, in framing a Constitution of Government, to provide for an... | |
| Peter Oxenbridge Thacher - 1845 - 756 páginas
...laws and administration of justice ;" and it lays down, as the first principle of our government, " that all shall be governed by certain laws for the common good." How long would " life, liberty, property and character " be safe, and what would be their value, if... | |
| John Bigelow - 1848 - 538 páginas
...to alter the government, and to take measures necessary for their safety, prosperity, and happiness. The body politic is formed by a voluntary association...shall be governed by certain laws for the common good. It is the duty of the people, therefore, in framing a Constitution of government, to provide for an... | |
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