...declaring the rights that serve as "the basis and foundation of government," the Bill first specifies: 1 . That all men are by nature equally free and independent,...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; that magistrates...

...drafted the Virginia Declaration of Rights in 1776, he gave vent to much the same opinion, claiming that "all men are by nature equally free and independent...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety."9 John Adams echoed this opinion in the bill of rights that served as a preamble to the Massachusetts...

...Littlefield, exercise of religion. Article 1 of Virginia's Declaration of Rights, adopted in 1776, is typical: "That all men are by nature equally free and independent,...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." Article 16 reads: "That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner...

...Virginia's Declaration of Rights. Section 1 : That all men are by nature equally free and independenl anil have certain inherent rights, of which, when they...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. Sec. 2 [sic]: That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; that...

...(1776), Pennsylvania (1776), Vermont (1777), or Massachusetts (1780). That of Virginia famously begins that "all men are by nature equally free and independent,...by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity." Often overlooked, though, is that this formulation is a traditional usage of natural-rights language,...

...1. The scope of these natural rights statements ranged from the comprehensive treatment in Virginia, "That all men are by nature equally free and independent,...any compact, deprive or divest their posterity..." to the more pithy Maryland statement: "That all government of right originates from the people, is...

...In the Virginia Declaration of Rights, for instance, Madison wrote, "all men by nature are equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights,...they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity."32 Madison added the italicized words to exclude slaves, for, according to the prevailing...

...Worten: That all men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights ...; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the...property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." Kurz nach der amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitserklärung wurde am 28. September 1776 die Verfassung...

...Rights, of which they can not by any Compact, deprive or divest their Posterity; among which are the Enjoyment of Life and Liberty, with the Means of acquiring...Property, and pursuing and obtaining Happiness and Safety." The Philadelphia newspapers reported that Thomas Jefferson was assigned by other members of...

...siehe auch Aristoteles l994: l280b]. l4l Zur Illustration: Virginia Bill of Rights (l2. Juni l776): „That all men are by nature equally free and independent...property and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." Erklärung der Menschen- und Bürgerrechte in der Französischen Revolution (26. August l789):...