The Political Writings of John Dickinson, Esquire: Late President of the State of Delaware, and of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Том 2Bonsal and Niles, 1801 |
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... representatives chose by themselves , and in consequence of being ruled by laws , which they themselves approve , not by edicts of men over whom they have no controul . This is a bulwark sur- rounding and defending their property ...
... representatives chose by themselves , and in consequence of being ruled by laws , which they themselves approve , not by edicts of men over whom they have no controul . This is a bulwark sur- rounding and defending their property ...
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... representatives chose by themselves , and in consequence of being ruled by laws , which they themselves approve , not by edicts of men over whom they have no controul . This is a bulwark sur- rounding and defending their property ...
... representatives chose by themselves , and in consequence of being ruled by laws , which they themselves approve , not by edicts of men over whom they have no controul . This is a bulwark sur- rounding and defending their property ...
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... representatives . " " The politi- cal liberty of the subject is a tranquility of mind , arising from the opinion each person has of his safety . In order to have this liberty , it is requi- site the government be so constituted , as ...
... representatives . " " The politi- cal liberty of the subject is a tranquility of mind , arising from the opinion each person has of his safety . In order to have this liberty , it is requi- site the government be so constituted , as ...
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... be read without exciting in the breasts , even of the most obdurate , strong emotions of compunction and remorse . " BELSHAM'S Memoirs of the reign of Geo . 3. page 65 . THE DECLARATION BY THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED COLONIES OF 1 ...
... be read without exciting in the breasts , even of the most obdurate , strong emotions of compunction and remorse . " BELSHAM'S Memoirs of the reign of Geo . 3. page 65 . THE DECLARATION BY THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED COLONIES OF 1 ...
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... REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED COLONIES OF NORTH - AMERICA , Now met in congress at Philadelphia , setting forth the causes and necessity of their taking up arms . - July 6th , 1775 . IF it was possible for men , who exercise their ...
... REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED COLONIES OF NORTH - AMERICA , Now met in congress at Philadelphia , setting forth the causes and necessity of their taking up arms . - July 6th , 1775 . IF it was possible for men , who exercise their ...
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Страница 161 - Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Страница 29 - JUStice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding generations to that wretchedness which inevitably awaits them, if we basely entail hereditary bondage upon them.
Страница 29 - Creator hath graciously bestowed upon us, the arms we have been compelled by our enemies to assume, we will, in defiance of every hazard, with unabating firmness and perseverance, employ for the preservation of our liberties — being with one mind resolved to die FREEMEN rather than to live SLAVES.
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Страница 30 - They boast of their privileges and civilization, and yet proffer no milder conditions than servitude or death. In our own native land, in defence of the freedom that is our birth-right, and which we ever enjoyed till the late violation of it; for the protection of our property, acquired solely by the honest industry of our forefathers and ourselves, against violence actually offered, we have taken up arms.