A Text Book on Civil Government in the United StatesA.S. Barnes, 1875 - 330 páginas |
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... organize itself permanently , first , to control the evil inclined and protect the weak ; and then to devise and carry out plans for the common necessity and convenience . Society so organized is a state , and the control which it ...
... organize itself permanently , first , to control the evil inclined and protect the weak ; and then to devise and carry out plans for the common necessity and convenience . Society so organized is a state , and the control which it ...
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... organize and Duty of Society . govern . As in every other case , they are free to obey or disobey , being answerable only to God , who has made the law . But if they disobey they suffer the consequences . They have no security for life ...
... organize and Duty of Society . govern . As in every other case , they are free to obey or disobey , being answerable only to God , who has made the law . But if they disobey they suffer the consequences . They have no security for life ...
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... organized for the purpose of con- trol ; the latter is that part of the whole body through which the control is exercised . is supreme : the government is subordinate . The right to control rests primarily with the state ; secondarily ...
... organized for the purpose of con- trol ; the latter is that part of the whole body through which the control is exercised . is supreme : the government is subordinate . The right to control rests primarily with the state ; secondarily ...
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... the government should have no control over the religious opinions and practices of its subjects . They held that any body of Christians might organize themselves into a church , choose their ESTABLISHMENT OF LIBERTY IN ENGLAND . 63.
... the government should have no control over the religious opinions and practices of its subjects . They held that any body of Christians might organize themselves into a church , choose their ESTABLISHMENT OF LIBERTY IN ENGLAND . 63.
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George Henry Martin. Christians might organize themselves into a church , choose their own officers , and be independent of all ex- ternal authority . Thus , breaking away entirely from the Established Church , they began to organize ...
George Henry Martin. Christians might organize themselves into a church , choose their own officers , and be independent of all ex- ternal authority . Thus , breaking away entirely from the Established Church , they began to organize ...
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Página 75 - Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cape Cod, the llth of November, in the year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King James, of England, France and Ireland the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth. Anno Domini 1620.
Página 323 - Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.
Página 233 - Thucydides, and have studied and admired the master states of the world — that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation, or body of men, can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia.
Página 310 - Sect. 4. The times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to th.e places of choosing senators.
Página 75 - Faith, &c., having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in.
Página 233 - When your Lordships look at the papers transmitted to us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own. For myself, I must declare and avow that in all my reading and observation...
Página 37 - It is admitted that the power of taxing the people and their property is essential to the very existence of government, and may be legitimately exercised on the objects to which it is applicable, to the utmost extent to which the government may choose to carry it.
Página 309 - No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen. The Vice-President of the United States shall be president of the senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided.
Página 20 - We have repeatedly said, and we once more insist, that the great principle embodied by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence, ' that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed...
Página 75 - Virginia, do by these presents, solemnly and mutually in the presence of God, and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission...