 | George Sewall Boutwell - 1853 - 130 страници
...and tranquillity, their natural rights and the blessings of life." " It is the duty of the people, in framing a Constitution of Government, to provide...interpretation and a faithful execution of them." It concerns the public well-being, that there shall be "an equitable mode of making laws." Therefore,... | |
 | Enoch Cobb Wines - 1853 - 672 страници
...attainable. The basis of this subjection to government is a social compact, " by which the whole people covenants with each citizen, and each citizen with...be governed by certain laws for the common good.''* The substantial elements of the social compact may be distinctly traced in the Hebrew, Roman, Venetian,... | |
 | Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention, Harvey Fowler - 1853 - 854 страници
...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...be governed by certain laws for the common good." We have heard a good deal said here about the social compact, and the gentleman for Abington, (Mr.... | |
 | Enoch Cobb Wines - 1853 - 652 страници
...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...all shall be governed by certain laws for the common good."f The constitution of New York, framed in 1777, declares : " No authority shall, on any pretence... | |
 | Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention, Harvey Fowler - 1853 - 860 страници
...association of individuals ; it is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants with each atiitn, and each citizen with the whole people, that all shall...be governed by certain laws for the common good." We have heard a good deal said here about the social compact, and the gentleman for Abington, (Mr.... | |
 | Wendell Phillips, Theodore Parker, Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1854 - 144 страници
...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...interpretation and a faithful execution of them," &c. &c. Now, women are "individuals;" women are a part of "the people;" women are " citizens," for... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1854 - 160 страници
...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...interpretation and a faithful execution of them," &c. &c. Now, women are "individuals;" women are a part of "the people ; " women are " citizens," for... | |
 | Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention - 1854 - 324 страници
...to the Constitution declares that " the body politic is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants with each citizen, and each citizen with...be governed by certain laws for the common good." Of course, then, each citizen who enters into such a compact has the same natural rights with every... | |
 | Joshua Pollard Blanchard - 1855 - 28 страници
...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...all shall be governed by certain laws for the common good.'5 A sufficient reply to this would be, that, in point of fact, no such compact was ever made,... | |
 | Francis Wayland - 1858 - 442 страници
...by a voluntary association of individuals. It is a social compact by which the whole people covenant with each citizen, and each citizen with the whole...be governed by certain laws for the common good." Locke was among the first Englishmen to employ such language, (Locke on Government, chap, vii.) and... | |
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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. 
