 | Enoch Cobb Wines - 1853 - 672 страница
...otherwise attainable. The basis of this subjection to government is a social compact, " by which the whole people covenants with each citizen, and each citizen...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,... | |
 | Enoch Cobb Wines - 1853 - 652 страница
...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...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 страница
...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.... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1854 - 160 страница
...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...interpretation and a faithful execution of them," &c. &c. Now, women are "individuals;" women are a part of "the people ; " women are " citizens," for... | |
 | Wendell Phillips, Theodore Parker, Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1854 - 144 страница
...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...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 страница
...prefixed to the Constitution declares that " the body politic is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants with each citizen, and each citizen...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 страница
...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...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 страница
...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... | |
 | Joseph Haven - 1859 - 362 страница
...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...be governed by certain laws for the common good." The constitution of Connecticut recognizes the same principle: " All men, when they form a social compact,... | |
 | Joseph Haven - 1859 - 396 страница
...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...be governed by certain laws for the common good." The constitution of Connecticut recognizes the same principle: "All men, when they form a social compact,... | |
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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. 
