 | Virginia. Constitutional Convention - 1890 - 928 pages
...affairs of mankind. It meet* my most hearty approbation, and exalted admiration. The third section is : " That Government is, or ought to be, instituted for...modes and forms of Government, that is best, which in capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety, and is most effectually secured... | |
 | Virginia. Constitutional Convention - 1830 - 932 pages
...servants, and at all times amenable to them." The third declares the end and object of Government to be, " the common benefit, protection and security, of the people, nation, or community," andaffirms the right of a majority, " to reform, alter, or abolish it, in such manner, as shall be... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1835 - 552 pages
...legislative or executive, are their trustees and servants, and at all tiroes accountable to them. V. That government is, or ought to be, instituted for...protection and security of the people, nation or community ; and not for the particular emolument or advantage of any single man, family, or set of men, who are... | |
 | Joseph Martin, William Henry Brockenbrough - 1835 - 644 pages
...magistrates, therefore, are their trustees and agents, and at all times amenable to them. III. That government ought to be instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people ; and that the doctrine of non-resistance against arbitrary power and oppression, is absurd, slavish,... | |
 | 1836 - 552 pages
...Let me read that clause of the Bill of Rights of Virginia which relates to this : — 3d clause ; " That government is, or ought to be, instituted for...against the danger of mal-administration, and that whenever any government shall be found inadequate, or contrary to these purposes, a majority of the... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot - 1836 - 686 pages
...democracy? Let me read that clause of the bill of rights of Virginia which relates to this : 3d clause : — that government is, or ought to be, instituted for...against the danger of mal-administration ; and that whenever any government shall be found inadequate, or contrary to those purposes, a majority of the... | |
 | 1836 - 550 pages
...Let me read that clause of the Bill of Rights of Virginia which relates to this : — 3d clause ; " That government is, or ought to be, instituted for...against the danger of mal-administration, and that whenever any government shall be found inadequate, or contrary to these purposes, a majority of the... | |
 | 1836 - 552 pages
...Let me read that clause of the Bill of Rights of Virginia which relates to this : — 3d clause ; " That government is, or ought to be, instituted for...is most effectually secured against the danger of mal-ad ministration, and that whenever any government shall be found inadequate, or contrary to these... | |
 | Vermont. Constitutional Convention - 1836 - 124 pages
...are their trustees and servants, "and at all times, in a legal way, accountable to them. ARTICLE VII. That government is, or ought to be, instituted for...and security of the people, nation, or community, and not for the particular emolument or advantage of any. single man , family, or set of men, who are... | |
 | 1837 - 352 pages
...whether legislative or executive are their trustees and servants, and at all times accountable to them. Government is, or ought to be instituted for the common...and security of the people, nation, or community, and not for the particular emolument or advantage of any single man, family or set of men, who are... | |
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That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security, of the people, nation, or community of all the various modes and forms of government that is best, which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness... 
