 | Lewis Perry, Michael Fellman - 1981 - 376 Seiten
...unjust laws: "when the ends of government are perverted, and public liberty manifestly endangered, the people may, and of right ought to reform the old,...destructive of the good and happiness of mankind." These constitutional precepts, however, were addressed to the people en masse, not to the individual... | |
 | Delaware. Constitutional Convention, Delaware. General Assembly. House of Assembly - 1986 - 630 Seiten
...Powers are the Trustees and Servants of the Public, and as such accountable for their Conduct; wherefore whenever the Ends of Government are perverted, and public Liberty manifestly endangered by the Legislative singly, or a treacherous Combination of both, the People may, and of Right ought... | |
 | Claudia L. Bushman, Harold Bell Hancock, Elizabeth Moyne Homsey - 1988 - 1040 Seiten
...solely for the good of the whole. And whereas it is expressly declared by our own Bill of Rights, "That whenever the ends of government are perverted, and public liberty manifestly endangered, the people may, and of right ought, to establish a new, or reform the old government." From which,... | |
 | Winton U. Solberg - 1990 - 548 Seiten
...Government ought to be instituted for the common benefit, protection and security of the People; and that the doctrine of nonresistance against arbitrary power...destructive of the good and happiness of mankind. Fourth, That no man or set of Men are entitled to exclusive or seperate public emoluments or privileges... | |
 | Bernard Schwartz - 1992 - 322 Seiten
...(3) government ought to be instituted for the benefit, protection, and security of the people, and the doctrine of nonresistance against arbitrary power...oppression is absurd, slavish, and destructive of the happiness of mankind; (4) public offices should not be hereditary; (5) legislative, executive, and... | |
 | Charles S. Hyneman - 1994 - 332 Seiten
...are the trustees and servants of the public, and as such accountable for their conduct. Wherefore, whenever the ends of government are perverted, and...slavish, and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind.2 In the end, however, the Maryland convention ratified the federal Constitution unconditionally.... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime - 1996 - 210 Seiten
...(1991). See. eg Term. Const, art. I §2 ("That government being instituted for the common benefit, the doctrine of non-resistance against arbitrary power...destructive of the good and happiness of mankind."); New Hampshire Const, art. I §10 (same). Professor Glenn Marian Reynolds Page? discussion in Congress.... | |
 | Wayne D. Moore - 1998 - 312 Seiten
...Government ought to be instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people; and that the doctrine of non-resistance against arbitrary power...destructive of the good and happiness of mankind." The Senate Journal reports that the motion "passed in the Negative." Vol. 1 of the Senate Journal (for... | |
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... whenever the ends of government are perverted, and public liberty manifestly endangered, and all other means of redress are ineffectual, the people may, and of right ought to, reform the old or establish a new government. . The doctrine of non-resistance... 
