 | 1804 - 372 страници
...or clai'sof men. — Therefore the people alone have an inconteltible, mulienable, and indefeafible right, to institute government, and to reform, alter, or totally change the lame, when their protection, fafety, prolperity and happinefs, require it. VIII. In order to prevent... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1819 - 838 страници
...power. The indefeasible right of the people, " to institute government," and " to reform, alter, and change the same, when their protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness require it," is distinctly asserted in the bill of rights. But the constitution contains no provision for a revision,... | |
 | Boston (Mass.). Common Council - 1822 - 148 страници
...The people to infore, the people alone have an incontestible, unaliena- Se^w^"? ble, and indefeasible right, to institute government ; and to reform, alter,...protection, safety, prosperity and happiness require it. ARTICLE vm. In order to prevent those, who are vested with authority, from becoming oppressors, the... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1826 - 126 страници
...class of men. Therefore, the people alone i have an incontestible, unalienable, and indefeasible rjght, to institute government; and to reform, alter, or...protection, safety, prosperity and happiness, require it. VIII. In order to prevent those, who are vested with authority, from becoming oppressors, the people... | |
 | 1828 - 494 страници
...one class of men. Therefore, the people alone have an inchntestihle, unalienahle, and indefeasihle right to institute government, and to reform, alter,...protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness, require it. 8. In order to prevent those who are vested with authority from hecoming oppressors, the people have... | |
 | Virginia. Constitutional Convention - 1830 - 932 страници
...people," by declaring that " tlie people ulone have an incontestable, unuiiemihle and indefensible right to institute Government, and to reform, alter, or totally change the same" — and farther, that " All elections ought to be free : and all the inhabitants of thin Commonwealth,... | |
 | Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention - 1832 - 276 страници
...family, or class of men : Therefore the people alone have an incontestible, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government; and to reform, alter,...protection, safety, prosperity and happiness require it. VIII.—IN order to prevent those, who are vested with authority, from becoming oppressors, the people... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1833 - 564 страници
...sovereign, and independent state " ; and that " they have an incontestible, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government, and to reform, alter,...protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness require it." It is, and accordingly has always been, treated as a fundamental law, and not as a mere contract of... | |
 | Massachusetts. General Court. Senate - 1833 - 806 страници
...family, or class of men : Therefore the people alone have an incontestible, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government ; and to reform, alter,...protection, safety, prosperity and happiness require it. VIII. — IN order to prevent those, who are vested with authority, from becoming oppressors, the people... | |
 | 1841 - 460 страници
...one class of men. Therefore, the people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government, and to reform, alter,...protection, safety, prosperity and happiness require it. 8. In order to prevent those who are vested with authority from becoming oppressors, the people have... | |
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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,... 
