We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights governments... History of Woman Suffrage: 1876-1885 - Page 183edited by - 1887Full view - About this book
| 1848 - 690 pages
...inalienable rights ; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness ; that to secure these rights governments are instituted, deriving their just powers from the CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED. Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right... | |
| Elizabeth Wilson - 1849 - 390 pages
...inalienable rights—that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit ofjfappiness. That to secure these rights governments are instituted, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." In the face of these declarations they have tyrannically wrested these rights from... | |
| 1854 - 194 pages
...inalienable rights ; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness ; that to secure these rights governments are instituted, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. Whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of those ends, it is the right... | |
| 1854 - 204 pages
...inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness ; that to secure these rights governments are instituted, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. Whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of those ends, it is the right... | |
| 1856 - 654 pages
...inalienable rights ; ' that among them are life, liberty, and the pur4 suit of happines* ; that to secure these rights ' Governments are instituted, deriving their just ' powers from the consent of aoch races, if free 4 and white, among the governed.'1 But our fathers deserve not this taunt. That... | |
| Michael W. Cluskey - 1857 - 672 pages
...unalienable rights : that among them is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness ; that to secure these rights, governments are instituted, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." The general words above quoted would seem to embrace the whole human faniilv, and... | |
| 1857 - 492 pages
...unalienable rights ; that among them are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness ; that, to secure these rights, governments are instituted, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed," — and proceeds to give this interpretation of them : — " The general words above... | |
| United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Chew Howard - 1857 - 260 pages
...unalienable rights; that among them is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights, Governments are instituted, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." The general words above quoted would seem to embrace the whole human family, and... | |
| United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Chew Howard - 1857 - 260 pages
...unalienable rights ; that among them is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness ; that to secure these rights, Governments are instituted, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." The general words above quoted would seem to embrace the whole human family, and... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1857 - 688 pages
...unalienable rights ; that among them is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights, Governments are instituted, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." The general words above quoted would seem to embrace the whole human family, and... | |
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