Discussions on the Constitution Proposed to the People of Massachusetts by the Convention of 1853Little, Brown,, 1854 - 306 σελίδες |
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Discussions on the Constitution Proposed to the People of Massachusetts by ... George Ticknor Curtis Δεν υπάρχει διαθέσιμη προεπισκόπηση - 2019 |
Discussions on the Constitution Proposed to the People of Massachusetts by ... George Ticknor Curtis Δεν υπάρχει διαθέσιμη προεπισκόπηση - 2019 |
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Σελίδα 35 - It is essential to the preservation of the rights of every individual, his life, liberty, property, and character, that there be an impartial interpretation of the laws, and administration of justice. It is the right of every citizen to be tried by judges as free, impartial, and independent as the lot of humanity will admit.
Σελίδα 264 - Government is instituted for the common good ; for the protection, safety, prosperity and happiness of the people ; and not for the profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men ; Therefore the people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government ; and to reform, alter, or totally change the same, when their protection, safety, prosperity and happiness require it.
Σελίδα 93 - ... citizen with the whole people, that all 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 equitable mode of making laws, as well as for an impartial interpretation, and a faithful execution of them ; that every man may, at all times, find his security in them.
Σελίδα 214 - Do unto others as ye would that they should do unto you " ? This was the doctrine of Lao-tsze.
Σελίδα 163 - To your candor and justice I submit the prisoners and their cause. The law in all vicissitudes of government, fluctuations of the passions, or flights of enthusiasm, will preserve a steady, undeviating course ; it will not bend to the uncertain wishes, imaginations, and wanton tempers of men.
Σελίδα 263 - The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government, is to secure the existence of the body politic; to protect it; and to furnish the individuals who compose it, with the power of enjoying, in safety and tranquillity, their natural rights and the blessings of life...
Σελίδα 300 - That the Constitution of the United States — the supreme law of the land...
Σελίδα 249 - And the House of Representatives shall have power, from time to time, to impose fines upon such towns as shall neglect to choose and return members to the same, agreeably to this Constitution.
Σελίδα 141 - A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Σελίδα 230 - ... by dogs. The scene was loathsome and disgusting in the extreme, and sufficiently attested the prevalence of this custom. The practice is looked upon as charitable and laudable, and the Siamese arrogate to themselves no small share of merit in thus disposing of the...